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My 10 year old Son with Autism is right handed and always has shown a strong preference to be right handed, whereas my younger son aged 7 who has no Autism has always been very strongly left handed!

Thanks for posting this dekra, good to know you have got the level of DLA it sounds like you deserve.

Hi Jade. My 10 year old son had his medical assessment for his Statement today. The doctor weighed and measured my son, listened to his chest and looked at his skin. He then asked me lots of questions about his birth, early development, other agencies involved (speech and language, Ed Psych and Occupational Therapy)sleeping habits, diet ectc. It took about an hour altogether. He asked my son to copy a sequence of shapes he had drawn, write his name, draw a house and draw a person. It really is nothing to worry about.

I have completed the questionnaire for you MariaQ. Good luck with your studies.

Tam at 3 my son did not say any words either and never seemed to understand pointing to get accross what he wanted. He would use my hand and take it to what he wanted. At about 3 and a half he was playing in the bath and he took a toy boat out of the bath, turned it over, put it on the side of the bath and said "upsidedown" - that was the start of his speaking. He was nearer 5 before he called me Mom. He is 10 now and in mainstream school. Still sees the SALT team as he has trouble pronouncing some sounds (but he sees it as other peoples fault if they dont understand him!) He used to be a big Thomas the Tank engine fan but only the old series - now they have redone them and their faces move more he hates it. Now he is into Dr Who, Pokemon and Nintendo and loves watching films. As an aside my uncle (who I have never considered to have any outward signes of having an ASD) did not speak until he was five and aparantly as family legend goes when he did start to speak he said he had not spoken before just because he had nothing he wanted to say!