Siadwell

when I say loss of skills I mean significant in that he now communicates like a toddler, where two years ago he was reasonably mature and fairly articulate. It is extremely hard to decipher sometimes what he is saying because his use of words are more than often incorrect. He is also in a special needs school due to his inability to cope in mainstream (won't dwell on this another topic I think) it caused him to have what I can only describe as a breakdown and he was in hospital for two months when he was ten

Our 12 yr old has a fantastic long term memory, he can remember little details that happened well over 9 years ago, but as already said short term, forget it...

AH, forgot to mention the aggression, obsession, he also says he hears voices and does not want to go upstairs by himself, so when it's ablution time we have to go upstairs with him, luckily we are having a downstairs toilet being put in by the adaptions team

Hello, this is our first post, parents of a 12 yr old AS boy, diagnosed 2 years ago (which didn't help). Over the past 12 months we have noticed a change in his skills, mainly loss of language skills, mobility and immaturity. i.e. he said "this is raw" meaning that his water he was drinking was warm, "we have run out of bed" meaning bread, "don't forget the jam" meaning gel, and not knowing what "incorrect" meant. Also in school, he left yr 6 on level 2, (after just reading Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone all by himself and understanding it) he is now at a level of 1/2 across the board. Does anyone else or has anyone had this happen to them at all?