We all went to the doctor at the royal children's hospital yesterday. The specialist was lovely and both my husband and I felt comforable with her - the questions she asked, the way she listen and the insights she had....so that is a good start.

She believes our son lies somewhere on the Autism spectrum, but on the mild side....he will need some speech therapy and help with his gross motor skills, but ultimately we will help him to learn these, where as other children....well, it just comes naturally.

Lucky I am a primary school teacher, so the things I had already been doing in the last 3 years has helped alot....I was told this by her over and over so this is nice to know. I have to teach our son to make eye contact more when people are talking to him and when he is talking to us and friends and I have to continue to help him understand non-verbal cues and other social aspects of language which we all take for granted.

She said we are lucky however as he is flexible in his routine and does not mind change (we have recently been though a big change in living in a foreign country). And he can generalise, and has SOME basic imagination and plays simple imagintive games which is a good start.

still, is a different road to the one I thought I would be on, but it will be a rewarding one - he is different yes, but always my special little boy, perhaps even more special now.

thanks for listening !