i thought ils share some insite to my son murray

some days i blame myself for murray beeing autistic others i think it was going to happen cannot blame myself

i didnt find out i was pregnat till 11weeks in that time i ate normaly and partied normaly beeing 18teen

when i did find out i was pregnat i ate to the guidlines ect i had low lying placenta and o neg blood type

when he was born he had a great apgar 10 at first then a 9

he was unsettled from the start he used to scream all the time he was a colicy kid too

he reached his milestones slowly he smiled but never at you he allways seem to be in his own world

i noticed things were not right just before his 1st birthday and things went down hill from there behaviour ect he dosent talk he might say mum but its more a mmmmmmm sound he allso calls me mem

hes a bolter allways running away from me and home

at 13 mnths i put him in daycare the girls there asked me if he was developmentaly deleyd i was so offened i never took him back but i knew deep down somthing wasnt right

december 2008 i set the ball in motion i took him to my gp on a bad day and asked him if he thought somthing was wrong finaly got a pead appoitment

the pead saw him for an hour and diagnosed autisim mind u i had to wait till may for an appoitment

in june he started speach path and its helped so much he starts ot next month and im hoping to get this last assment before xmas

we have a strict routine he wakes at 7am has breakfast we struggle through a shower he gets dressed on mondays has daycare and wensdays otherwise he plays playdough or cars morning tea then he helps with chores ( most of the time takes hours as i end up chasing him all the time ) then lunch then a nap then its play time dinner time bath time and bed at 7pm

when he misses somthing in the routine all hell breaks loose he stands still hands on head and hammers his head into walls or screams for up to 3 hrs

my manrtera is " what dosent kill me now makes me stronger "

ill add to this thread as i go on right now im trying to go over the notes ive written myself lol handwrittings worse then his drs