Hi everyone! My name is Andi. I'm a married mum of three children, 2 sons and a daughter. We suspect that our youngest son (4 years old) has Aspergers. We started noticed little things when he was a baby, but they didn't become very pronounced until quite recently. I have seen our HV about our concerns but she felt that he was displaying behaviour within normal ranges for his age....based on a 15 minute play session that she observed him in....playing on his own at our local health centre! A couple of weeks after our son first started school, I expressed our concerns to his teacher, who considered him to be within normal ranges of development. 8 weeks in to the term we attended parents evening. His teacher has done some back tracking and now has the same concerns as we do! She has drawn up an IEP which is up for review in December. This is all quite new to me as our two other children haven't experienced any difficulties in school. My husband used to be a support assistant to a teenage boy with Aspergers and it is his knowledge that has helped us to cope with things thus far. I know my son's teacher has put things in place to help him but my gut instinct is to go back to the HV and discuss things further with her. Any advice and experience will be gratefully excepted!!
