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Hi HH <'> <'> <'> BIG ONES!.Not sure you have too give up on the statement.......your new LEA may pick up from where the other left off...I,m sure someone like Nellie would know.Get phoning tomorrow it won,t have all been for nothing.You,ll get through this tough time hang on. Suze xx.

Hi Bid after Jaded,s post about crying in front of the entire school I think we should all post our ....."it came bubbling to the surface and would,nt stop".embarassing moments. Mine would have to be a routine visit to the doc,s for my youngest at the time he was 6 mnths. I felt o.k in the morning no indication of what was to erupt from me later in the day.The surgery was packed as ever standing room only.My turn to go in docs room. I enter ...he smiles...... I sit......(at this point I should probably add my doc is a lovely bloke whom I know socially through nursery school)....anyway "you look a bit tired how are you feeling , have you been coping O.K. since your sons DX? "...Now I had gone to talk about my babys hips but this never got mentioned because for the next 20 mins I cried a torrent the poor guy was only making chit chat but the flood gates had been opened.I,m sure they all heard me sobbing in the waiting room, walking out past them all gawping was the worst thing ever!.....But my doc was lovely he still always asks how things are and always has a box of tissues at the ready on his desk when I see him ....take care Bid it,s good to get it out.

Well done on the weekend away I bet the house is tidy .............now the serious stuff ...irish girlfriend ?...... he is having a busy time lately isn,t he. .

I love hearing news like this I,m an eternal romantic ,so so pleased things are looking up

<'> Bid sometimes it has to come out or we,ll burst!....If you feel it might help phone today and just say you,ve been having a difficult time lately and things just got to you last night.Might help you to move on from feeling awkward and clear the air.....I personally feel there,s nothing wrong in having a good sob and rant, and if they are true friends they won,t either. <'> <'> .

I have begged my sons school to give him a screened off work station. His sensory difficulties mean his LSA constantly needs to keep him on track , he looks out of the window into space and could sit like that for a whole lesson and not do any work! Every child is different but this would definitely help my son, he dislikes people looking at him so it would help this issue too.

So sorry your son suffers like this........don your battle gear and monday morning insist they do something about the way your sons being treated.All of this is a form of bullying the school need to keep a closer eye on things in the playground and protect him he,s only 6!........On a positive note if my son has a rough day we usually indulge him a little bit.I,d spend the weekend doing everything he loves to do laughter is great we put music on and I dance about usually has the kids in stitches.They also love treasure hunts in the garden.Let him have his favourite meals ......I feel with my son doing things like this for him might heal the harm and hurt. Hope your weekends good.

oH elle I feel so sorry for your daughter and you.The school sound dreadful I can,t believe they won,t even discuss it! .Rest assured I,m sure they can be made to do something.There are some ace people on the forum who will tell give you the necessary links.Does your daughter have a DX? Could you talk to her physc and get him to send the school a " LETTER !"...stating the huge anxiety this move will give her.Could you contact the school governors?I s your daughter on the SEN register?....In the meantime I would keep an in depth diary of how this is affecting your daughter, Log all calls to school, copy all letters....and if you have,nt compiled a letter yet do one this weekend with everything you,ve put in your post don,t hold anything back....... give it to the head and let them know you mean business!.....I for one cannot see why they would force this issue it makes no sense at all.....keep fighting for your daughter situations like this can impact on them hugely as I,m sure you know!......P.S. ... welcome to the forum .......P.P.S. is there an Autism support team in your borough they would certainly get the school to listen they,d be the first peeps I,d contact if I was in this situation good luck.

Well Done Desperate........hope they truly start to understand ASD.

Wow!...... no more fighting on the DX front so glad it went smoothly today. The euphoria might stay your sons the same lad he was this morning ,give him a hug from me <'> .

My son does that also.....(does.nt eat it though).He,s dyslexic and struggles to do any work.It can be so sad when he does a picture which looks wonderful , but will scrawl all over it because he got a bit wrong.He is also forever rubbing things out aswell over and over again!....I think your sons Teacher might be right.

OH NO!....I DO THAT TOO BID!!! Does it mean something do you think ? I beat a rhythm with my toes and twitch my muscles too , in a strange synchro-nicity (probably spelt that wrong). If I think about it my body is never truly still ! Thats got me worried now.Are there any more muscle twitchers?

Hi Kim welcome to the forum.Eight was the age when my son started to look very different to his peers.He seemed to hang onto the terrible two,s and still have tantrums and demand unrealistic requests.My sons DX came about through the statementing process at school he was referred to CAMHS for depression and they looked at ASD/AS. There are many people on the forum who will have lots of advice as to what your next move should be.You could see your GP, mention your concern to school and request the ED physch see him. I found reading lots of books on the subject from the library gave me a clearer picture as to what my true concerns were and wether they were ASD. Good luck.

Me too bump bump bumpity bump!.....

Agree with Simon I,m shocked and would feel just like you do if it were me! Hope your little girl is better today <'> <'> .

Hi MOM welcome back <'> <'> , don,t stop fighting were all here to support you big hugs.. <'> <'>

OH Bless!......they do grow up, my lovely aspie is 10 but wears age 12 he,s very tall.He love,s kisses and hugs and squeezes the life out of me. He is so mechanically minded and put the car battery on charge for me last week. He can be very helpful and loves making cups of tea.( this can disturb my OCD greatly when he leaves marks and the wet t-bags in the sink! ).But can you all keep a secret....I creep in his room to check on him every night and when I look at him then he still looks like my baby .....

SO GROWN UP OF HER ! I hope the head listens to her worries and takes her seriously.Still go in and tell the head the effect this verbal abuse has had on her at home. Good luck Flutter.

Hi ....AZ and HH can relate to you both!....When my son was dx and I started to mention to the physch my routines........wiping ,plumping cushions ,hating changed plans ,smells , cycles of obsessive behaviours......he looked at me and referred me to a colleague! .....It took time and anti ds but I have eventually excepted myself I stopped short of a dx because regardless I am who I am and knowing why I am the way I am was what I needed most. Self esteem is still non - existent but I,m working on it! I told very few people because I genuinely only like a few very close people ( have many pals but don,t trust peeps easily) and those I told excepted me as me so it made no difference . Talking can help but I,ve found a forum like this a huge help chatting and discussing issues with others in similar situations has BRILLLLLL !!!! . Stay around AZ .

Great news on the school front LOU LOU, hop it goes well on fri fingers crossed the LEA will fund

I,M sorry Pim, .........the situation sounds horrid, just know that your not a bad Mum...she does,nt know your circumstances and obviously sits in a very high position being perfect. Hope you have an O.K. time in the playground tomorrow.

OH Pim I,m sorry I hate it when things like this happen.I can,t bear bad feeling ...I had a row not long ago similar to yours.It really upset me.I ended up having a very long chat with the other mum and trying to explain my sons problems and getting her to understand how difficult he finds things and how hard it can be in certain situations.She said she understood and now chats and asks how things are.I,m not sure if it,s genuine but it,s better than having her staring daggers at me ....You could try to chat to this mum and get her on side.....she might dismiss you, in which case she really is a cow and I would,nt think twice just ignoring her completely in future at least you,ll know you made the effort. It just might help to clear the air...As for shouting at your son .......I bet she,ll feel guilty , he,s still so young and knowing you were in the playground she really should have left any disciplining to you.She sounds like she has a bit of a problem. Good luck Pim.

Hi really liked your post Drink the elixir...I agree with the point about stifling the coping behaviours....I have,nt read the article but I now plan too.

Well things took a turn for the worse the next day I wake and ............where,s Krism gone? .Two days of ....was it because we,d reached 1000 members?...Had the site im-ploded ..... was it the massive over-load of krismites?Anyway I,m today cos your back!

You,ve all beaten me too it...I sat and watched (yes I,m an addict! )..last friday when he went into the house.Me and hubby both said the same he seems just like our son.Did any one see him doing his voice impersonations?.......I really hope he survives that environment he seems very vunerable to some of the hideous people in there. Saskia and Maxwell out can,t stand them....shouting at Makosi for drinking the cider...they,d obviously forgotten about the bottle of red wine they nicked and the cider they pinched from the shopping list budget!..OOOHHH! ..I,m angry now.