ive read a little bit but after living it each day i dont want to depress myself of whats to come or doubt myself as a parent
atm im coping it from all sides about this new baby apprently its cruel to have another when i have an autistic kid apprently i should abort it
frankly these comments made my blood boil and yes they came from my own mother
god some ppl dont have any idea do they
i know hes hard to deal with but i deal i love him to bits i know no other way ive delt through tantrums and him not speaking ect ect what could be worse
a newborn eats poops and sleeps im sure i can work that around murray cant be too hard could it ?
Lu hon...go to your MCHN as get her opinion...go to your doctor and get a referal.....if you have doubt already I wouldnt be reading about it...go and search for the help while he is still small and you can get into services before school. Its so much harder when they are at school. The waiting lists are stupid ....and honestly what is the worst they can say...that he is just agressive?
Ive got a GF here that always had doubts that her child was 'normal' and I begged and pleaded with her to get an opinion from a PEAD...it took her 8 months to get in and guess what..he was AHAD. SHe said she wished she had listened earlier so she could have gotten help sooner.
Having a child on the spectrum doesnt mean we have to do this on our own...we need help...we need support.
And lu hon....there is an allowance for careers to help for costs. its a fortnightly amount of approx $100 plus a HCC for DS. THere are also extra bonuses near tax time aswell so them. It all helps babe.
i was fob off so manny times with my son apprently he was normal and i was the one with the problem but persitance works now i know how to deal with things
support is the best thing without a good support network such as child health nurse pead's and speach paths i dont know what ild do they help so much
i agree take him to your health nurse first get her to spend a morning with him and then go from there
I'm going to write out a list of things.
I mean tanties are normal in kids aren't they? Who likes to be told no? (I fricken dont!).
I'm going to call my MCHN today, she is very familiar with Mitch from when he was little and all the issues we had then. I'm going to take everything to this OT appointment and force things through.
I'm just confused because he has evened out so much. His first 3 years were a nightmare, and it is lots better now.
Before I couldn't see the point of getting a formal assessment anyway, he seems so borderline. Now I feel like a total d!ck. I wasn't interested in a carers payment before, I can't see how I'm providing any different care....but I was always to frightened to put him in childcare in case he had a bad experience so I haven't been able to work all this time. That money really could have helped.
I could never put my finger on it but I've always felt I've needed to be close by to defend him
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sorry im a useless cow lol.
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