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RescueRiley

RescueRiley

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Howdy boys.. Just asking for a little smoke for my oldest son.. He just turned 3 and was diagnosed yesterday with autism spectrum disorder..at this point it seems pretty mild, We are going to get him re-evaluated..and are starting early intervention services the outlook seems positive.. but we are obviously scared for him. Sorry to lay this out, but you guys are some of my best friends. Thanks.
 
Sorry to hear that man. I had no idea what worrying was until we had our little girl, so I can somewhat imagine what you're going through. Smoke and prayers on his behalf, yours and the MRS.
 
My daughter is 3 months old, I feel for ya bro! I'll keep you in my prayers.

Brandon
 
I'm sorry for your distressing news. There is no worry like a parent for a child, and I wonder if it ever diminishes.

In the plus column, the autism was noticed early, which makes a huge difference in a child's development. Also, you say it's mild (Asberger's?). I've had plenty of mildly autistic or Asberger's students who thrive.
 
RR, PT coming at you.
 
Smoke and prayers from my wife and I.

ASD is something I know a little about... My wife is a special needs coordinator in an independent school that specializes in pupils with a range of issues, with a very large number of ASD pupils of varying degrees. She's very, very good at what she does with them, to the extent that other schools send their SENCo's to her for 'training'. I taught in the same school with her for nine years as head of science.

I would most likely make the 'list' myself, if I ever let them test me. I self-tested once and certainly did! My wife one day tentatively suggested to me that I might have ASD, and was quite surprised when I said that I agreed. She thought I would tell her not to be daft. Things like ASD didn't exist when I was at school though; people like me were just being 'difficult' and needed it beating out of them. Needless to say that didn't work, although that didn't stop them trying.

If your son does have ASD, then at least now it's a fairly well recognized issue with effective strategies and much better understanding of the condition. The US is of course well in front of the UK on ASD research so you're in the best place as well.

Please feel free to PM me if you think I could would help in any way.

Best wishes to you all,
Rick.
 
Wow, Thanks for all the information and kind words guys...From what I'm gathering at this point they are leaning towards aspergers diagnosis as his speech is developed, however they ususaly hold off on diagnosing aspergers till later, He's an extremely bright Kid, so I think with a little extra caoching he should be ok..but it's worrysome.. He's my best bud...
FoxyRick.. I hear you I think if someone tested me when I was younger I would have cameup within the spectrum as well...
 
John, I 'm sorry to hear that bro! If there is anything I can do, let me know.

Smoke and prayers sent.
 
Riley,

Get this book: "Parenting a Child With Sensory Processing Disorder". I have a son the exact same way - and my wife teaches these kids.

This is NO BIG DEAL - just more work - and makes the child unique. I am up for a chat ANY TIME on this. Trust me - this is a cool thing overall. It makes the child really cool and fun.

Honestly fella's this is nothing to be sorry for. Especially if it is mild - he or she will just have quirks. My son is SUPER smart - he is just anxious, has a billion questions, is easy to rile, needs to have things fairly quiet and has odd things he obsesses about - but it just makes him, over all, VERY unique and a ton of fun.
 
Smoke and prayers from Wisconsin and Oregon.
 
I think there are a lot of us that would have been have been diagnosed with ASP, ADD etc if it had been known at the time. As said in the previous post, we were pegged as just being difficult. I went through the ADD thing with my daughter and a lot of it was almost like deja vu because of what I went through as a kid. Most of us in that situation came up with some kind of mechanism to help us cope and turned out OK despite no one knowing how to help. With the medical knowledge we have today and the love of good parents I'm confident that your son will turn out to be everything you have imagined for him and more. Best of luck and go hug your son and tell him you love him. Both of you will feel better for it.--KV
 
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