Hi- Not only am I new to this forum but to web chat generally! Sorry if haven't got the conventions correct!
Feel that we have finally got something worth celebrating- we have got a Statement for our 15 year old which ,we hope, will give us what we think will help! But of course we have got to hope it'll also do same for him!
Not diagnosed with ASD until he was 14.5 years old and had been refusing school for 6 months. Made sense of the previous 14 years where I'd been saying that I felt sure that there was a known 'condition' that would describe him. Can't think why neither I nor anyone else thought of it before! Trailed round speech therapists, ed psychs, SENCOs, doctors, the lot but as he never made a scene at school I think everyone just thought it was us!
Anyway, hopefully we're getting there, although it's been at a big emotional price to everyone.
Have felt so shattered about it that have felt bad about sharing with others.
We live in NE London- and have been impressed by the help we received from LA etc once problem got spelled out. Interested in hearing from others in similar situation.
Also does anyone have experience of "notschool" ?
Cheers, Andy
