Hello everyone,
My name is Jeanette and my beautiful son Nicholas (almost 4) has recently been diagnosed with a significant speech delay (around 2 yrs in both expressive and receptive language) he is also delayed in his development in many other areas. I have two older children and must confess i thought he was a little behind but like many parents i thought he would simply 'catch up'. I will never forget the day his kinder teacher pulled me aside and muttered those dreaded words words, ' Ithink there might be a problem'. I truely felt like I had been punched in the guts!!!
We are now in the process of having him assessed, many blood tests,particularly chromosones, he has had a hearing test (which is fine) and of course he is having fortnightly speech therapy. He has many characteristics of autism and is finding 3yr old kinder a little tough. he has been refered to early intervention but i have been told he will not receive a place until next year, which is incredibily frustrating.
I was wondering if anyone could give me some kind words of advice on how you coped the the overwhelming feelings of sadness, guilt and frustration . I sometimes feel appauled at myself as I feel i should be coping better than I am and I am absolutley racked with guilt for not taking him to the ped earlier than I did. It seems everyone around me thought there was a problem but no one knew how to tell me.
Thanks for listening its great just to have somewhere to vent to other parents in similar situations. It is such an awful feeling knowing there is something not quite right with your child and one of mummy's majic bandaids just can't fix it.
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