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Glad everything was OK in the end and Scott was safe, I'm surprised that we are not all nervous wrecks (come to think of it I am most of the time)! Joshua has not made anymore bids for freedom but he is only 3 so there is still time. Take care Michelle x

I can sympathise totally with this. The first week of the holidays my hubby ran to a neighbours house to get something and didn't shut the front door and Joshua (who's 3) strolled out of the front door and did a runner while I was upstairs. I have never been so scared in my whole life, had practically the whole street out looking for him, my hubby got in the car and drove round our estate which is luckily fairly quiet and found him with a couple who had heard him crying outside their house and were just about to ring the police! I couldn't believe how far away he'd got in such a short time and that he'd crossed two roads (thankfully not main roads). Josh was totally oblivious to what had happened whereas my hubby, my 6yr old and I were totally hysterical. Now if Josh goes quiet in the house for a few mins I get a panic attack. Michelle x

Hello there Thought I would just say that the day after putting my first post on here and moaning about the DLA I got letter yesterday saying that Josh will be getting middle rate and they've backdated it from Feb so we are really pleased. Now just got to try and get a statutory assessment, have been turned down for this, got to submit some more reports. Keeping my fingers crossed. Michelle x

Hello My name is Michelle, married to Martin and have two boys Matthew aged 6, Thomas the Tank Engine fanatic and general train mad and surprisingly not ASD and Joshua aged 3. Joshua was dx as mild/moderate ASD in March this year. Joshua has limited speech although he is making alot of progress (can now say bic bic and drink amongst other things). He is mainly into spinning wheels and tapping every toy or item he picks up and is quite keen on running up and down following straight lines on the carpet, ceiling, fence etc. He's a very affectionate child which I'm so pleased about and is quite happy to have a cuddle (when he feels like it) and sings alot. He is going to a pre school 3 morns a week, I have been staying with him a fair bit as he is not potty trained and to begin with hated being left. When he starts back in September we are hoping to have a 1:1 helper for him and I will have 3 morns of freedom!! Have deferred his nursery place with a view to getting a statement but have just been turned down for a statutory assessment so not sure what happening at the moment. I'm waiting to hear about my appeal for DLA (been 11 weeks since submitted it) as I've been turned down twice already for DLA. I'm not holding out much hope of getting it and I'm abit hacked off with the whole thing at the moment. Hope I haven't waffled on too much. Michelle