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It is with sadness that i have to announce the following That the group has now closed. I have already started a new group called Autism,Aspergers, ADHD & Related Disorders At the moment i will not be involved much but if any one wants to join you will be welcome ! I would like to say a big thankyou for all the members of the other group that i forged great friendships with and the help they gave me through difficult times and I hope we can carry on doing that in the new group. Paul

Thanks Kirstie the stress it has caused has me has effected me big time and it has been passed onto the family, it adds more worry cause I think my son can pick up on my stress, even though I am trying to hide it, the wife tried to get me to the GPs today, but i said no, I think she is just being worried , usually it can be water off a ducks back to me, but I am just gonna take 5 and see what is happening.

Yes sorry to the people that have clicked the link, the group has been going in a different less friendly way recently and I have decided to close the group until the matter can be sorted, it seems my effort to start afresh with the group have become hampered and at this moment in time the hurt is really bad , the group will close down saturday, unless my opinion changes by then, I am not sure it is just worth the hassle of the last few days which have left me hurt, angry, upset and confused. The amount of time I put into that group was too much to even contemplate. I will update you if anything changes.

Carole yes please feel free to pm me anytime with any questions or anything you want to talk about. Mother in Need Thankyou for taking the time to post I am sorry to hear of what you have been through and I thankyou for being honest, I always applaud honesty. Thankyou for sharing this with as it is always interesting to hear about things like what happenned to you and I think it discussions like this do help people not only understand but also in their decisions if they are currently go through a tough decision making time.

Chat hour again tonight and now we have 334 members

My son is on the liduid format and not the tablet and has been on it for just under 2 years .

Thankyou for your kind replies and not jumping on my back like I am saying something wrong and upsetting anyone as that is not my intention. CAROLE did it effect your Husbands feeling towards his mum in any way or did it effect is relationship with her. The only reason I ask is that my wife was put in care from birth until she was 5 when she was adopted, she has never met her mother and i have asked her if she would ever want to meet her or trace her and she said know as far as she was concerned she was abandoned by her, so that brings me on to another issue could that effect children with special needs in that way, does it damage or improve the relationship with the parent ? Also i think lifes experiences do play a part in a parents decision, i had my mother die , it was a situation that required the whole family to make the decision to turn off the life support machine, which to say the least was very traumatic for me, then the first anniversary of my mums death I found my father dead, he had committed suicide and then just over 2 years ago my only brother died with cancer, three very traumatic deaths that I have had to cope with and eventually get over with, now I believe this has made more stronger, before my sons worse ever behaviour period, i used to think what I had been through when things were bad and that made me see what was happening was a breeze to get through cmpared to what had been through before, I mean if I can get through finding my dad on that fateful day then surely I can breeze through a bad day with my son. does everyone see where I am coming from ? again no offence intended to anyone

I know where you are coming from when we were having a real bad period that we came through, and I think we feel stronger , wiser and closer together for it, there was one point where I just broke down and thought we might lose him and he might go into care, I don't know if the thought of him going into care was going to make us look a bad parent or that we failed I don't know. Also was it because when i grew up there used to be a stigma attached to parents with children in care , just like there is a stigma in way with Social workers.Do you think it has anything to with the way we were brought and our life experiences and whether or not it has anything to do with the type of person you , whether you are a strong or weak charcter or person. Just curious and just an opinion and I don't mean to cause anyone any offence, so please don't take it personally.

My son is 17, 18 later on this year, he is currently on 1.0ml in the morning and 1.5ml in the evening , we keep trying to wean him off it but everytime we try something happen and he the dose has to go back !

This is a thread that I started in our group on Ebay and I am wondering what people think here ? Sometimes people put their children with Autism into care cause they cannnot cope and also for various other reasons, I know from my experiences in life that I could never possibly do that. I am just wondering what people think on this topic and also whether they would or not ?

I traced my some of my family back to find out my Uncle who died during the war had a daughter and I found out she had passed away but his wife is still alive !

No Problems i hope if you like it you will tell others about and even if you don't like you can still tell others or even more tell us so we can see what we can do to change it , welcome aboard !

Thanks TMF your should of got your reply by now and you are a much welcomed valued member !

Now we have just hit the 300 members not out, not bad for less than a year !

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just want to say thanks to all that have joined since seeing this post, and I look forward to welcoming more members

Maybe the minister who is on about changing the Inacapity Benefit rules should look at this too, and see what further problems they could face.

Welcome aboard Carrie !

If any member does have trouble joining then pm me

Hi You should have your reply by now, so welcome to the group

Thanks to all the members that have joined the group that was set up on Ebay a few months ago, we have around 270 members, a regular saturday night chat which is very popular. We have members from all walks of life, people who are carers, parents, even people that have been diagnnosed with dfferent levels autism, aspergers, Epilepsy, IBS, We have members that are teachers and other professional jobs. We continue to grow and are always welcoming new members, I think we are finally established in Ebay, we all offer advice based on our own individual experiences, sometimes we are just there to listen or should I say read and respond, some mebers have made contact and have become good friends. If you are interested then please pop along and say hello, its fun, it's free, it's friendly and its a nother palce to go to where people have one thing in common. Here is the link Look forward to seeing you there ! http://groups.ebay.co.uk/forum.jspa?forumID=100010794

I would not trust Ritalin at all my son was put on it and after he starte dit he just changed into a zombie and there was no personality anymore, we took him straight off it and was told it was part of cocaine, not sure if that is true but I would NOT reccomend it.

Hi I shop in Tescos and the only juice that definately does contain aspertame is Ribena, the normal non sugar free one, expensive but well worth it.

Just a quick update on this I recieved a letter today from my MP saying that she has written to the MP Rt Hon Jon Hutton with my concerns and will let me know of any replies or that i might get a reply myself from thsi MP, so the moment I hear any more I will let you know.

Kirstie I hope we see you tonight during the chat hour between 8.30 and 9.30pm