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Wow I joined this forum back in may 2009 and I sort of forgot about it!!! When I was last here my son Tyler was waiting for an assessment date. Since then he has had his assessment and a DX of autism. He is now 5 and in a special school and doing very well I also have had another child since then lol. We think he is on the spectrum too... he is 15 months old and showing lots of traits but the health visitors and doctors don't want to know!!! I hope you are all well xxx

Hi A and A. It's good that the nurseries are picking up on these things better these days. I cant fault Tyler's nursery they have been amazing!! Have you had a diagnosis yet? Jan xxx

Thanks everyone xxxxxxxx

Thank you for the welcome everyone!!! xxxxx

It's the scouser in him Karen!!! lol

No date yet but they said it could take a while to hear from them. Ty is coping well in nursery... he just does his own thing there basically lol. Do you know what they do at these assessments? x

Hi Emma thanks

TY Dana xxx

I did this test on my son.... who I think is far too young for it being almost 4.... but all he did was steal the marble Maybe I will try it in a few years lol

Ty Jordansmum x

I am finding this topic very interesting as I have always been told that AS children have no speech issues by some so called 'professionals' Tyler doesn't speak much.... he will ramble on to himself in his own 'language' but he can't seem to find the right words to us when talking to others. He can repeat words you say to him perfectly and as for singing he can sing every word to all of his favourite songs and even recite whole chunks of films he watches word for word!! He is 4 in July and academically doing really well.... he is years ahead of his class mates for maths skills and music but he speech and language is still a problem. He is getting S&L at the moment but I recently found out its not doing much at ll for him. Here is a little piece of the letter his teacher wrote to the assessment clinic... I would like you to read it just to see what you all think... "Tyler continues to display unusual behviours of lining up drums, symbols, couning numbers. H chosses to play the same ICT game daily, musical instrument game, finding it hard to extend choice. He has continued to receive language enrichment program daily yet his progress was the lowest by far of the groups, especially grammar. Tyler finds it hard to give eye contact and will often ook at the floor when engaged by others. His speech is limited and he usually speaks in 1 - 2 word responses. I am very concerned with his understanding of language and this has hindered access to some parts of the curriculum. When asked questions Tyler will often repeat 1 word from the question back o us or give an unassociated word. He was observed shouting at a child when they tried to put 1 of his drums away at tidy up time, Tyler got the drum back out, lined them all up then put them away 1 by 1 from left to right. " So as you see he can speak but it's almost as if he wont or he cant decide what he has to say!! But as fon singing he has the most beautiful voice... just like an angel As I haven not got a diagnosis could anyone tell me what they think this might be? Do you need me to tell you more about him? Thanks Jan xxx

Thank you Karen

Hi everyone. My name is Jan and I am from Liverpool. I have 4 beautiful children aged 15, 12, 6 and 3. My youngest boy is on IEP in nursery and is awaiting an assessment. Although he has not been diagnosed with AS as yet the senco thinks that is what he has and after reading up on the disorder I do agree with her. I would like to talk to others in same situation because , as I am sure you all were, I am scared he is going to suffer as he grows with bullying and such. He is such a wonderful, talented beautiful boy and it breaks my heart to think this way. I am glad I found this site... hope to get to know you all soon Jan xxx