Emma_74

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i thought it was just my son who this happened to!! i cant remember him ever being invited a birthday party or even to a friends house to play.

hi i would buy the spinning top, if your daughters anything like my son then there isnt much that interest them so when he see something that interest him i would but it hope this helps

Well done Bid! keep it up

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hi Dawn, I was in a simular situation to you, I thought that all that was wrong with Connor was that he had ADHD so i was quite blown away when they said to me it was ASD aswell - unlike you I knew nothing about the disorder and started researching in on the internet. I couldn't make heads nor tails of what I was reading as everything seemed to contridict each other. Then i joined this forum it's good to know that you are not alone, that the thoughts and feelings that you have many others have aswell. Just that in itself is a great comfort I don't know what it was that you signed but try to remember to ask them next time you go. Emma

At the moment while Connor is in primary school things are good and i know that he doesn't need a statemant because they do everything they can for Connor at his school, I really couldn't have asked for a better school. The problems will come in September when he moves onto secondary school, i know he's not going to be able to cope with it all very well , moving around to different classrooms, different teachers every lesson, maybe different children aswell , he's going to find that all difficult and confusing. He also wont have his one to one that he has now and the option to get up and go out if things get to much for him. I agree with his teacher that he proberly wouldn't get a statement at the moment but he's going to need one from September , otherwise he will need to be moved from mainstream school. I am ready to fight my case for him though. Autism is an umbrella term, but every raindrop is unique I love this saying!!! it says it all well done baddad. Lastly i'd like to say thankyou to everyone for making me feel welcome - knowing that you are not alone means alot.

I have to be honest and confess that I didn't know if Connor was statemented or not!! I had to go and ask his teacher I felt like a bit or a fool not knowing the answer to this question and not even knowing what a statement was. Basically what he said to me was that Connor wasn't statemented but he is on action plan +, he didn't see the need for Connor to be statemented as he is still in a main stream school and coping with the action plan + support. Also he told me that Oxfordshire wants to be a statement free area. My arguement to this is well what's going to happen in September when he moves onto secondary school?!? He told me that he is going to liase with them about Connor and his special need so that they will know what to expect and what he will need. Mmmm don't feel quite as optomistic as him but we will see

I'd just like to start by saying hello to everyone. My son was dx in November with ASD, ADHD and DYSPRAXIA and I have to say that I haven't been dealing with it very well , I'm finding everything hard to take in. I knew there was a problem but not to the extent of what the problem was I just thought he had ADHD. I've since done some research into ASD but to be honest i'm not really that much further along, you read one thing on one web page then you go to another page and it contridicts everything the first page has said.