ullean's mum

We have 3 children with autism in our house and up until a couple of yrs ago had a black lab,we found him to be a wonderful companion for the kid's,we now have two newfoundlands and they are just the most laid back and loving dogs ever,yes they are big but if the kid's get to know them from pups then they don't seem to notice how big they get,my son couldn't be without our oldest newf,good luck in your search.

Hi There, i have 3 kids ages 19yrs,12yrs and 10yrs all dxd with AS,took 15 yrs to get oldest dx but younger ones were dxd first at around 5 yrs old.i also have one nt daughter who is a twin of the 12 yr old allison xx

Kellyanne. Completely understand your emotions,we fight for so long to get a diagnosis for our kids,we stay strong through all the meetings with docs,school,phsycologists,occupational therapists etc etc etc,and finally you get told what you knew all along ,as being the childs mother you will always know them better than anyone else on this earth. Yes it is upsetting to hear what you already knew,but all the same i still broke down in tears at all three diagnosis of my koids,not because i felt my kids were any less human beings than their friends but tears of rage for all these doctors who had brushed my concerns aside and didn't listen to me. Then i lifted myself up and got on with enjoying my wonderful kids,in my eyes their aspergers make them who they are and my hubby and i wouldn't have them any other way.

Hi Lisa, we really struggled with our eldest son AS when he reached high school,diary was useless as nobody checked to make sure it was written down in each class,we decided email was worth a try and it worked really well,we have our youngest son and his twin sister AS going into high school next summer and our youngest daughter AS going in the following summer and will continue to insist on homework by email with them as well.

Mumble my kids would be happy to swap,we have a very long cold wet and windy winter ahead of us yet again,but i wouldn't swap it for the world. No public transport round our side of the island,so i don't have to worry about having people invade my personal space,just have to use shanks pony to get around

Hi mumble ,so glad you enjoyed your trip to our island,if you went on the boat trip to staffa then you sailed right past my croft on the shore of loch na keal

Hi mumble,if youre in balamory on wed,we could meet ,i live on mull and will be in tobermory on wed .

Hi Carrieq, we are in argyll and bute and got our sons blue badge without higher rate mobility,we got in touch with social services and got form and did not need report from GP . We have just renewed it after having it for 4 yrs and it was straight forward,all we had to provide was evidence that he recieved dla mobility at lower or higher rate. hope this helps regards allison

when i told our ds to shake a leg,went thrugh 5 minutes later and you guessed it he was still shaking a leg,dh found it really funny but i couldn't,maybe after my oldest son's phsycologist has said she thinks i have AS myself i can completely relate to my sons reasoning, which i always have and couldn't give a s**t what anyone else thought. I have to say having read a really good book lately(author you know who you are and i am ever grateful to you for writing this book ). I now know what my 18 yr old and myself have gone thrugh all these years and subsequentlymy other 2 kids with AS (diagnosed) and i will carry on fighting and will not stop until my kid's are safe ,secure and recieving all the help they deserve. Sorry for the rant,authorities are really annoying me today,they get a holiday at easter,what do we get,wheres the respite when they decide to head to the seaside!!! Really sorry for going off topic but i just had to get it out my system all at once.

the last time things got really tough with us and our 3 AS kids SS said all they could do was send someone round to drive them to my parents for the night(my dad was recovering from heart triple by-pass!!!!!). We live on an island (very big island) and how they were getting kids off the island at a time of night we couldn't work out,needless to say the kids stayed and we got through yet another crisis without SS help.

doesn't look like we will get any,but hey what's new !!

Hi ,i don't post very often but was reading through this post and noticed that most families that got a diagnosis were refered to various other agencies,i live in scotland and basically got told your children X3 have AS go home and get on with it,are there services we should be involved with that we dont yet know about ? any replies would be much appreciated. allison

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Well done dooday, I stopped for 3 wks up until my DS1 phoned to say he had locked his support worker out of his flat over an arguement about a potato

you took the word's right out of my mouth ,think the woman looks exactly how a healthy person shouldn't look,real worry is my dd thinks she is a saint no matter what hubby and i tell her.