Where Do You Live?
Posted by
NickyB
on 3rd June 2009
at 17:35
Hi
Good idea Josie - It's really helpful to find local people, as services and support differ so much from area to area
BTW, I'm in Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Nicky x
Posted by
ShelaghM
on 4th June 2009
at 00:27
Hi
Im in Newcastle upon tyne
Shelagh x
Posted by
Elena - former Community Manager
on 4th June 2009
at 10:57
Great idea, Josie. I've made this a "Sticky" discussion so that it will sit at the top of the Introductions section and hopefully will be easier for new members to spot. : )
Elena Goodrum
Community Manager
talk about autism
Posted by
fifimalone
on 15th July 2009
at 21:51
Hi
I live in St Albans and my son Harry who is 3 has been diagnosed with ASD. What do I do now?
Fiona
Posted by
fifimalone
on 16th July 2009
at 21:10
Hi Josie
Thanks for your message - they haven't identified where he is on the spectrum - we did think he was dyspraxic as he was very clumsy and he can not talk. He has been having speech therapy since he was 2 3/4 and although this has helped there are still moments when we can't understand him.
However we now think he may be aspergers. We had someone come from the autism team but they spent 20 minutes with us and did not really say how they are going to help him?
We are not really sure what to do as I hoped the autism team would help but I eally dont know what to do now - may be I should raed up on some of the books you suggested.
What kind of help should we get for Harry? He is due to start school in September and will only just be four and still in nappies.
Is there anything that you could suggest that we do now?
Thanks
Fiona
Posted by
bumblebee
on 17th July 2009
at 10:19
Hi Fiona,
My son is 4 on Tues and still in nappies too. I spoke to a lady from the incontinence team (contacted through school nurse or health visitor) She gave me some really good ideas about toilet training with children with ASD. It is worth a try. Have you got an Autism support group in your area? The local council should be able to tell you if you're not sure. Also, if your son is orally dyspraxic (trouble saying speech sounds) blowing bubbles, using straws for drinks, playing blow football, licking stuff off lips etc anything that is fun and gets the lips/jaw/tongue/teeth moving is excellent. 5 mins 3-4 times a week is better than 1 lot of half an hour per week.
As for finding out about ASD, I totally agree with Josie that reading anything written by Tony Attwood is a great idea. I saw him talk a few months ago and he is so knowledgeable. Good luck and keep in touch.
Claire
Posted by
Anna Marshall
on 17th July 2009
at 16:04
Dear Fiona,
Just to add to Josie's comment, there are Early Support Materials which were commissioned by the Department for Health and written by the National Autistic Society and TreeHouse (http://www.earlysupport.org.uk/modResourcesLibrary/StreamRenderer/Autist...) - you find them useful. Their whole site is quite useful and has some great links to other sites too: http://www.earlysupport.org.uk/.
I hope this is of some help.
Kind regards
Anna
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Posted by
Josie Barnshaw
on 3rd June 2009
at 16:18
Hi All
Thought I would start this thread so that parents/carers could try and locate other parents in their geographic locality in order to possibly meet up to chat/support each other and possibly enable our children to make new friends.
Below is a link to the Member Directory where you can pull down a list of locations, select those in your preferred travelling circle and hopefully find other members that are easily accessible.
Hope this is of help.
Please also feel free to post on this thread your general location. For the purposes of safety please just give your general location, eg, my location is Glasgow, Scotland.
Thanks
Josie