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  1. My 18 year old went into uni on 18/11 and told them he couldn't cope with the course anymore. He was really stressed about 1600 word essays as he's never done that sort of thing and it was making him ill. Anyway he has now been presented with a bill for £1200 for his course fees, he had applied for help with tuition fees and had been awarded the maximum but because he left then he has to pay for his first term. What wasn't explained to him was that if he had stayed until the 2nd December he wouldn't have had to pay. Whilst not wanting something for nothing how is he supposed to pay this? Uni says 3 cheques for installments over 6 months but he has no job and no income? Has anyone any advice? Hes changed one lot of worry and stress for another!
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    Lonely

    My son is 11, his dx is ADHD and he is on meds, but he is such a lonely boy, he struggled through primary school and when the name calling bullying & isolation became to much he trid to hang himself at school, and he now has to live with that and he is known for it and talked about. The school at the time tried to play it down but ultimatelty when its been brought up they can't deny it and it follows my son around. He had a fantastic transition process into secondary Ed, but its all fell down now and hes making up imagenry friends and hearing voices we're keeping him out of school and tommorrow he sees the GP who I hope will refer him to CAMHS again and get the ED Pysch involved. I am finding all of this so hard to cope with
  3. When my son turned 16 I filled the forms in on his behalf and asked that correspondence was addressed to me and any award was paid into my bank account. I did get a phone call about what he was capable of and what I had put on the form but no assessor came out to see us and he was awarded DLA for 2 years. It comes up for renewal later this year and he has decided he would like to fill the forms in himself and as he will soon be 18 its another thing he has to be responsible for if he is going to lead any sort of independant life.
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    Snow!

    I'm in Cornwall and although the far west has been badly hit the part where I live has had none, the car wasn't even iced up this morning though there was a bitterly cold wind. My son is so disappointed, he looks out the window and asks why weather forecasters lie all the time he is desperate for snow!
  5. When my son was about 7 his Dad took him on a trawler fishing trip, as they sat at the back of the boat the man running it handed Pat a wooden hand line and told him to throw it over the back of the boat.....................(you can see where this is going can't you)he looked at the man looked at the line and then over it went, TWICE before Dad thought to explain!
  6. Hi - I live in Cornwall and also work for the Parent Carer Council, their are 4 Special schools down her which cater for various additional needs including ASD and some schools have ARB's (Area Resource Base) attached. There are also some ASD support groups running too. Overall I would say provision is good and improving all the time as Cornwall has been one of the pilot project areas for Aiming High for Disabled Children. Hope this helps abit.
  7. Hi My 11 year old son is terrifyed at the thought of flying and we would really like to take him and his brother & sister abroad but we don't know how we'll get him to do it. Anything that is dark, loud or fast is a problem and we don't want to drive. Has anyone any ideas or experience of this?
  8. Parent Support Advisers are there to help you and your child get the very best from your school by providing support, advice and information. they work closely with parents in partnership with schools and external agencies to support familes, helping parents to feel comfortable about coming into school and participating in their children's learning. I copied that from my areas PSA advice leaflet and they are employed by the local authority. Regarding respite, in our area we are part of the Aiming High for Disabled Children pilot project which has funded Short Breaks, Direct Payments and DCATCH (Disabled Childrens Access to Childcare) and children or young people with a definite diagnosis of ASD are eligible for all of these and under the guidlines of ECDM these should be available everywhere.
  9. I'm not sure whether you are trying to be clever, a smart ###### or just putting me right, Lands End's new attraction is described as being 4D and I don't know or care if the 4th dimsensoin is time, i just posted about our day out.
  10. At Lands End they have a new attraction 4D cinema, I had talked it through before we went, but 2 minutes in me and Finn were on our way out, the seats moved, wind blew in your face, everything JUMPED out at you and you got wet. Sometimes I just forget what a hassle the real world is and even the not so real and think it will be ok, I came out then went back on my own in and looked at the 3 year olds in the queue & thought they're going to hate it but they didn't and it just makes my nearly 11 year olds problems real and me abit sad, then thought we were planning a holiday abroad for the first time and going on a plane Hows that going to work?3 Must say the Daleks were brill!!!
  11. My 18 year old is dyslexic and has Irlens syndrome, my 16 year old has ADHD, pectus extracus, & misses every 3rd heart beat, 15 year old has ADD & 10 year old has ADHD.sensory issues & learning difficulties. Mum and Dad are bit stressed!
  12. My son was kept back at the end of his first year so didn’t progress in the September to Year 2 with his peers. He was very aware of this and the friendships he had began to make disappeared as he was left behind. At our own insistence he joined Year2 in January the following year but by now was even further behind educationally and socially. I suppose if your son is changing schools it might be easier but my son is still behind and is now 10 and going to secondary and we're still fighting for a statement. He also changed schools in year 4 so it isn't a case of it being remembered that he was kept down the experience stayed with him and he is a lonely little boy with very low self esteem.
  13. Hi I've spent years since my son was about 8 trying to get him tested for dyslexia but primary, secondary schools and college said no but hes just joined the Navy and on his first day he had to fill in forms and at the end was asked to explain the difference between his original application and what he'd done that day so he had to say I'd filled the first ones in. Anyway next day they tested him for dyslexia and at last he has a diagnosis and they also tested for Irlens syndrome (which means amonst other things print moves about when hes trying to read). So hes going to get help with his written exams and tinted glasses to help with the irlens. I'd never heard of Irlens before and googled it and found out loads there also lots on here about it too and I'm now going to get my 10 year old tested as he is struggling in the same way, thwe only snag I've found is that it seems theres very few places that test for it and as I live in the middle of nowhere in the southwest I've got to do more research to find somewhere more local. Keep on at the school and any other profesionals you're involved with because when I look back school, exams and all sorts could have been so different for my son if we'd been listened to earlier.
  14. I agree its a positive article for a change but don't read the comments.
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