greetings everyone [wink]

[PinkDragonOfDoom]

Hello everyone, joined the site today, due to peachys recommendation.

My names wendy i have a 4 and a half year old son(damian) how has autism. He was diagnosed just after his 3rd birthday but i had always kinda known there was something not quite right.

Hes a lovely charming little lad and we now have 10 words(woo hoo), obviously theres a fair amount to handle, but i like to keep positive.

The last few years have been a journey and its been tough and rough at points, but it has made us all stronger.

Hes currently attending a ASD center for school which i was soo happy about when they made the recommendation on the statement.

Also be more then happy to help any of you mums and dads out there which are struggling with the system as I've dug and dug and it can be so hard to find any information out there.

We all hail from Newport south wales and its a pleasure to meet you all. I'm a happy go lucky, laid back kinda person but i do have my opinions and beliefs.

Blessed be Dragon

Uhh the statementing process was intense. For 6 months all i did was make various phonecalls and chase various people up, but so stoked when we got the news through and it felt like a weight was lifted.

Merry Meet Pink Dragon. My son is 7 (next month) and although is not thought to be on the autistic spectrum (although they won't rule out high functioning autism of aspergers just yet) he does have dyslexia, dyspraxia and social comnmunication disorder.

Welcome to MN

Also i'm very persistent and also had a very good team behind him involved in his care. His nursery was excellent. I consider myself very fortunate and blessed in a way that things happened as quickly as they did.

The one lady who had been the biggest help was his health visitor as she set everything in motion and made the referrals to the pead and salt, that women deserve a award for what she did!

Its still tough, though i try and stay on the positive side i get incredibly worried about various things and sometimes i just cry as theres no other way for me to release it all.

Thanks for the welcome girls!

Hi PinkDragon

My Ds2 has a dx of adhd and hfa he is 8 and he is lovely!

Welcome to mn!

hello and welcome to sn/mn

lol SMK

Welcome to the SN boards. Its very helpful here, I've learnt more on here than any professional has been able to tell me. I've got 3 sons, the middle one has autism and dyspraxia, and he is 4. We went through all the statementing stuff earlier this year, and I hated every minute of it.

DS2 attended a nursery for children with an ASD last school year, and when he first started, could only say one or two words. His progress while there was excellent, and he now goes to MS school, but has full 1:1 care from an LSA.

Well, I got pregnant the week after DS2 was dx , after deciding we would have no more children as well . And yes, done the statement when ds3 was here.

DS3 has just turned 1 (last week) and it has had its ups and downs, but no more than what I'd have expected TBH.

DS2 was a bit ignorant of him at first, stood on him a few times when he was walking, didn't realise he was there. He also didn't like him crying at first, and would wake whenever ds3 did in the early days, also before melatonin. He is more better with him now, but he still likes to shut him away in the cupboard.

And if I'm being completely honest, ds2 is harder to look after than ds3. DS3 has just fitted in lovely, he's a content little man and doesn't need much looking after. Its as if he knows he needs to be an easy going baby.

The chances of having another child with an ASd are increased because you alreay have one, but who is to say that you will, or won't.

In my mind, we did the right thing.