Hi girls
I'm a long time BB member but haven't been around for ages as life has been such hard work. We're dealing with the news that our beloved boy is 'on the spectrum'. Some days it feels like a bad dream that I'll wake up from, other days seem to bring acceptance, others anger, despair and so on. I'm sure you'll know what I mean.

We're seeing our paed again in 3 weeks for the treatment/management plan appt. I'm trying to get my head around the sorts of interventions we can consider so I can try to talk vaguely intelligently and ask the right sorts of questions. Has anyone been doing ABA or the rethinkautism program? I'd love some feedback about those if possible. We've been doing OT with a sensory specialist since last July plus some speech. He'll be attending EI at Yooralla instead of 3yo kinder and has inclusion support at childcare. We're also seeing the head of the children's sleep unit at Monash for his sleep (or lack thereof ) and finally getting somewhere with that. Hopefully more sleep will lead to greater success with his interventions.

I'll go back and read more of the previous posts so I can catch up on you and your stories. I'd love to be a part of a supportive group like BB again.

Thanks!