I suspect my 4 year old could be on spectrum and i will know more in a weeks time. Life has been hell for last 5 months since we started suspectibg our son to be on spectrum. parents with older asd kids, how is your life now ? Do you constantly worry about your kids future? Do you think your kids will have family job and friends. Tc350k
How lucky your son has a diagnosis. Take this opportunity to explore therapies you can get for him now that he has a DX. My kid was violent until he had speech therapy between 3-5. Kicked out of 6 preschools. After he learned to speak 🗣 a bit better, he became much better behaved. He also had a lot of therapy in school. Straight A’s. He’s in his first year of college. Drives. Held an entry level job for a year. There is hope.
Thank you. My son doesn't have behavior issues, he follows school instructions very well. Academically he is ahead but speech is still a year behind.
So far we are taking him to speech and ot (2x a week)
A second hand experience , a friends. I known it’s really stressful and he worried a lot and was depressed when he first learned. He didn’t pick the clue early because they child lived in a separate country with mother earlier on. Now, with therapy and closer care the child is improving and there’s more hope. Child is still a bit socially behind but improvements have been massive. Only downside was mother had to leave her job to focus more on the child
Therapy works, focus on social skills and speech.Since you caught it early it will be easier to improve the skills.Go to therapy sessions, watch what they are doing and do it at home, setup playdates and play with them and teach social play like passing ball etc, read-up online. I know its very emotional but be happy that you caught early and you can work on it. Edit: i see in your other comment that he is lagging only on speech, its easy to fix and sometimes bilingual kids speak late and most of the times boys.
Thank you. He does have few visual stemming for fee seconds a day and social challenges. He is normal kid around his family. He interacts with us a lot and makes fun of us and pretend plays
Sounds like he is in very end of spectrum, therapy will do wonders and ask your wife not to stress. When he is doing any behavior you think needs to be changed, distract him or replace that with some other activity like jumping on trampoline. Like others said, go for early intervention help places in your area they are good, in Georgia you have “babies cant wait” from school system. We went through this and therapy does wonders.
Early intervention is the key. Get help from your county/school district early because you might need to wait in line. One of the couples I know has a boy who's on the spectrum (losing skills he once had). But he turned out well and only needs one extra language lesson after school once per week.
I would agree that the public schools/districts do well with therapy in the early years. I wish we’d gone private for middle/high school. There is also the regional development center (depending on your state) that offer respite services, parental workshops, and sometimes resources for the kids.
My nephew is on spectrum. He has his moments sometimes but otherwise he is an angel. His parents learnt a lot about asd and put him in the right school with the right teachers helped him a lot. He is now a thriving 15 year old boy. I can understand what your family must be going through at this time. You must also know that most kids on ASD are extremely intelligent and highly productive. Support each other and take one step at a time.
Thanks for sharing experience. We often get feedback from school that my son is very sharp.
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Appreciate any response from parents. I can't see my wife go through this for another day