Please help me ..... Is DYSPRAXIA deffo on AS?

[RTKangaMummy]

DS is nearly 10 and has DX of Dyspraxia

We think he has some traits of AS

But very very mild

DS Head teacher was asked by ED Psych whether he was Autistic

SHe said ABSOLUTELY NOT

I am fuming with her comments

we are waiting for ED Physch app.

And now it is set for JUNE because apparently he only sees one child per visit to school

We were expecting him to see DS last month when he came to see another child

...

I am not clear about the process for older children as I get support from the Preschool service for Ds2. However I am sure other people here could give you advice. The educational pyschologist might help too. You can apply for a statement yourself but it does take a while so you should start asap if you were going to do it.

I have very little experience of any of this as yet but I have read others posting here about IPSEA (here which should be able to give you advice about your rights and the best way forward. It might be worth giving them a ring. And definitely might be worth starting a new thread to get some advice off those with older children and more experience than me.

Thanks

I will ask on Wednesday about it when we are talking about his IEP

Are you trying fish oils? I have been much more consciencious about supplementing ds's diet since reading about the new studies showing improvements in children with dyspraxia.

Despite conficting diagnosis from paed neurologist, occupational therapist and , to a lesser extent (ie they did not diagnose, but strongly hinted that DS may be autistic) his school, I do now think that ds is both, dyspraxic and autistic - although, in both cases, very mildly so.

As ds has a very routine led life, his autistic traits rarely show up but things like holidays, parties, free play time seem to be the times when they are most likely to show up. Also he lives in a world of black/white, right/wrong and finds the inbetween very difficult.

I know I tend to go on about the OT, but I also think that the OT he has received has helped in dealing with the autistic-type traits of dyspraxia leaving us with the real autistm symptoms to deal/live with. For example, he is more sociable as he has more confidence but a break in routine is still a major thing.