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hi there we have a 2 year old our little Liam who is showing signs of ASD, we are very new to this and very confused with our feelings, as this has all happened in just under 2 weeks now. when they diagnosed yr son how long did it take and what assessments to they carry out. Anna and Anthony

hi there just to say we will be there on saturday as we have a 2 year old boy called Liam who is showing signs of being ASD we are very new to this as this has all happened in the last week and a half so we are just playing a waiting game for an appointment.is there opportunity to but the rainbow coloured kites. Anna and Anthony

hi there thanx for the reply, as we are new to all of this can i ask what HFA is. No we haven't got a appointment date just playing the waiting game all what has happened with Liam has happened over the last week and a half. You mentioned that you kept a diary/list of various traits what exactly did u include in that. as it seems we have alot to learn. Good luck to you all as well. Anna and Anthony

please accept my apologies about the name as i was speaking to somone else called karen on the phone and typed it so sorry Anna

Hi Karen when did you realise that u thought your son was different and how long did it take to get a diagnosis for him. We feel that we had to do our research as we had heard about ASD but knew nothing about it at all. We have agreat GP and the nursery staff are fantastic but we feel let down by the Health visitor as we pointed out our concerns about our DS and she just states that he is slow at developmental milestones which we didn't agree with so took it on ourselves to get him some help. Anna and Anthony

hi there i agree that this site has been great to help, we are just struggling with our emotions at the moment, just finding it hard to understand what is happening. Can you help when reading peoples comments they say DS what does this mean as we have sussed the other abreviations but not this one. What are are you from as we are hoping to meet other families near to us. Anna and Anthony

hi jordonsmum and dana, what are the other problems that have similar symptoms to autism? thanks

Ive been reading also that sometimes diagnoses can take a while, is this generaly true? and if so, do you thinks it's because of money or because they dont want label a child as autistic? I would have thought even at the slightest suspision of autism proccesses should be started to give that child as much help as possible.

Hello to everyone We think our 2 half year old son may be autistic, after the manager at his nursery pointed some things out to us, we looked up the symptoms of autism and found that he has too many of them for us to ignore. He already had been booked in for a hearing test a while back as we were worried about him not responding to us when we call his name. That test was done last week and hearing is all ok. The Dr. who did the test has refered him to our local CDC, we have also been to our GP and he has refered him to a peadiatrician. We found this Forum in our search for information, and think it would great to talk to people in a similar situtaion. Until about a week and a half ago, i had no idea what the symptoms of Autism were. From what ive read early intervention is important, parents really need to be made aware of the symptoms so diagnoses can be made as early as possible. just to say thanks for the imformation we have already gained from this forum. Anthony and Anna