chriswheels

Dear All Thank-you so very much for making me feel so much better, about myself! I still feel bad my son didn`t have an earlier diagnosis,as maybe he would have had a lot more understanding throughout his school years...... AND ....in the work place! Poor him, he was always in detention at school and classed as "disruptive and silly" throughout his school years! WHY didn`t..... "I pay more attention"?!? BAD MUM! Everything is falling into place now and feel my husband`s depression, took priority.....BUT NOT ANYMORE! Chat soon,Chris

Hi,I`m new! My son was recently given a formal diagnosis of high functioning autism at the age of 22! For years we put his difficult behaviour down to childhood epilepsy and made that " the excuse", for everything that went wrong in his life! My husband (who suffers with severe depression), insisted our son went to college to learn a trade,after leaving school aged 16. Our son did learn a trade,but has had the sack from "so many jobs", EVER SINCE! Since the diagnosis,out son feels so relieved there is a reason for the way he acts and feels. I just feel I`ve let him down and should have sorted something out, years ago! Feeling badx