KarenG

Hello I am not an Aspie so probably of no help at all, but from what you have said..you got the job in the first place because you were considered capable and it sounds like the people you work with are just unprofessional and downright rude and a bit bullyish. Thats not really helpful is it? Are they aware that you have Aspergers?

Hi Claire We've already 'met' on my opening thread but hello again

Hi Julie Im Karen and new to the forum and am just starting out to see whether my 6 year old son has an ASD

thank you for your replies everyone x I do appreciate what you are saying Baddad..I absolutrely agree its not a case of either/or ...but please bear with me..I am new to all of this and dont mind admitting that I am a complete stranger to all of this and its a bit scarey. And I dont mind admitting that everytime I read a symptom that my son has displayed I probably am guilty of slotting it into that category because at the moment I dont really know what else to do...I suppose its a bit like little lights are coming on every now and again! lol Certainly with Ben the big catalsyt for this is his lack of progress at school compared to his peers. His behaviour in the first 2 years I have always just put down to his quirkiness and the fact he stayed at home with myself and/or partner until he started nursery so wasnt used to being around others. But in Year 1 its become quite apparent that something isnt right. Anyway..onwards and upwards..I appreciate ALL advice given and will take everything on board. I havent even scratched the surface yet of what I need to know. Thanks again for listening and taking the trouble to reply x

thanks Stella We think my eldest son may also have it. Since primary school there have always been problems but things peaked when he was about 11 and since then it has been a pretty endless round of counselling and seeing psychotherapists etc (he is almost 17 now). But so far nobody has come up with anything. Yet after looking into Aspergers it is him to a tee. But as with my 6 year old....I am left wondering how so many professionals can not see what we see (Ben my 6 year old has had speech and language therapy and been seen by the Ed Psyche) so I can see why people dont follow it up as if the professionals are not seeing it then it makes you feel that you must just be a bit paranoid or something! I couldnt help notice your signature....my partner is also convinced he has it too!

We are in the very early stages of looking into whether my 6 year old son has Aspergers so I havent told many people. But a couple I have told seem to think that all I want is to 'label' him. Has anyone come across this kind of response? We are just looking for support and understanding really. If I wanted him to have a label Id just stick with the ones hes already got at school which are 'lazy' and 'disruptive'

lol...well would you believe it...his name is Ben. Maybe its the name! lol

thank you for the warm welcome! I don't know of anyone in the area with autism or aspergers so am about to find out just how good the diagnotic service is first hand! I will let you know. (We are in Sutton by the way..just to narrow it down a bit..Surrey is a big place ) Im sure I read on a nother thread about coffee mornings so I may check if there any of those in the area. We had some problems with my eldest son a few years ago and a lot of issues are still unresolved (although it would seem he ticks a lot of aspergers boxes too!) but we went on a parenting course to try and deal with some of his issues and one of the biggest helps of all was just being able to be with other parents in the same boat and to share experiences and to not feel that you were on your own

Hello...my name is Karen and I live in Surrey. My partner has also just joined (he's Forrestgump) and hes already saying how helpful and informative this site is so rather than him reading everything to me..I thought it would be easier to join and read it for myself Our son appears to be displaying symptoms of Aspergers and today was the first step in finding out more with a visit to the GP. I'm nervous as I know very little about this and what it may mean for him long term but I look forward to speaking to some of you and hopefully finding out a lot more x