Faz

Hi That's so lovely, you must be very proud Faz

Hi I'm pretty new to the site - I work as a volunteer for an organisation in Brighton which helps parents of children with special needs. I fill in the dla forms mostly for children with asd, global developmental delay and challenging behaviour - my field as my son has these particular problems You may find this site helpful too: http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp...3330&view=print I warn you that it's pretty long winded, but I got my results today and I have the high rate for dla and low rate mobility - not bad, although it would have been extremely useful to get a blue badge Actually, I'm a bit cross with the DLA team at the moment - This is the last time Chris will be awarded DLA as a child - he's 12 in Aug and has been awarded for 4 years. The payments were going into my account on 9th of each month, but they decided to change it to 24th of the Month so that the payment is nearer to his birth date. In their wisdom they didn't pay the benefits into my account for 6 weeks and neglected to tell me - I went over my overdraft and had to go to the bank and plea for the limit to be upped. As if life isn't complicated enough!! Faz

I have to say I loved it - Christopher Eccleston - AND i still got scared and hid behind a cushion a couple times Chris was far more interested in his latest Thomas video Faz

I'm really glad for you and hope the diagnosis makes life better for you both. I hope you don't mind me asking though - why has it taken so long for the diagnosis to come? I thought Chris was late at 7yrs. Faz

Hi That's fantastic - she sounds like a very sweet, good natured girl Hope it works out well Faz

Chris tried to refuse to go to school for ages, he would scream at me, but I thought he was just doing the same as his cousins who are always trying to get out of going to school. So I used to make him go I was so wrong - he was in an asd unit (he's been statemented since he was 4) and they couldn't cope with his violent outbursts, so they used to hold him down until he was exhausted then put him in the 'quiet room'- they had been doing it for years without my knowledge and he wasn't able to tell me. Things escalated and got completely out of control, we decided not to make him go through any more distress and kept him away. Then they excluded him He started to wet the bed again and has developed several anxiety based behavioural patterns, he has become violent towards me again. On a better note, we have found a school that is brilliant, it takes about an hour for him to get there but it's well worth the trip. His behaviour has turned a corner at school and he's much happier. I found the new school by looking in the yellow pages and visiting every school that I felt might have the slightest chance of helping him. The school we found is independent and we had to really fight to get him in. I found out how much the LEA pay for his school fees each year - gulp!! I still feel like the worst mum and the most stupid woman in the world - how could I have missed that my son was so miserable for so long?? You will need to be strong, fight hard and be as stubborn as a mule............................oh yes and smile sweetly through gritted teeth Faz

I hadn't done any gardening at the front of the house for a while, so when Chris came home from school and found that I'd dug a flower bed and planted some heather and a conifer, he was very interested. The next morning when the taxi came to pick him up he yelled 'Steve come and look at Mummy's bush' Steve was I was Luckily when I explained what he meant, Steve found it hilarious - phew!!!

Oh yes, I forgot to mention that I chose this avator because Chris is really in to marine life and can name every species of shark, whale and dolphin Faz

Hi I'm mum to Chris who is 11 and has asd, moderate learning difficulties, and at times very challenging behaviour. I love him more than anything, he's a brilliant kid and very I recognised a few names on the forum and decided to give it a go. Faz