Hello
Time to take the plunge and introduce myself as I have been reading loads over the past few days. I'm Tash live on the south coast and mum to 4 gorgeous children. Our youngest Tara who was 3 in September was diagnosed ASD last Wednesday. We have known for a while really but as she was so young we waited. In July the health visitor referred her to the paediatrician and she was seen in a joint communication clinic with paed and SALT on 22nd August. Was then seen at home and at playschool by speech and language and back to clinic last week. Luckily because she is a September birthday we still have 5 whole terms before she starts school so some pressure is taken off there. She is at a fantastic small playschool who have dealt with similar children before so they know the procedure and indeed many of the professionals involved as well.
My other children are a girl E who is nearly 15, a boy K 11 and a girl M who is 6 who are all wonderful with their little sister.
Tara is the most adorable, cuddly, and infuriating child you could hope for. She has virtually no verbal communication although she can speak on a need basis- i.e. drink, apple. She is not potty trained and shows no signs of being so which drives me batty at times but she is in the most part a contented child who does her own thing, loves Dora the explorer and Peppa Pig and bizarrely loves supermarket shopping (gets excited at the mention of Tescos).
Thank you for your help already - that you have given without knowing it!!
Tash xx
