Hi, I'm new on here and would just like to say what a brilliant website this is. I am hoping to gain from other people's experiences and I will offer any of my own experiences should they be of use to anyone at all.
My 9 year-old son Barry was diagnosed with ADHD and Asperger's Syndrome last year, and we are still learning, as a family, how to cope with and understand Barry's special world. My wife Linda and I (Tim) have also got a wonderful Daughter aged 6, called Rhiannon, who tries really hard to help and understand Barry, but it is hard to explain to a 6-year-old something that you don't fully understand yourself, as most of you will probably know!
After a shaky start, Barry's Primary School have been fantastic with their support for us and Barry, although I know that this is not the case with other Primary Schools (I have read some of the posts on here before I signed up) So in that respect I count us as lucky! Barry is in the process of being Statemented at the moment and we hope to have news on this before the end of March, although we're not holding our breath while we wait!
i'm looking forward to getting to know the people on this BB, you all seem to be pulling together and that is so nice, we haven't met anyone else who has children with ASD's, so we hope to gain from being on here.
I'm running out of things to say, so I'm going to end by thanking the owners/admin of this site for creating such a good, and friendly resource.
Cheers!
