I used to shout at my son. I used to get angry right back at him when he got angry. Not immediately, but after a few minutes of him not listening to reason. I would feel myself getting more and more frustrated that he wasn’t reacting how I expected. That he was...
Are you trying to decide when to tell your child they are autistic? How you should start the conversation? Or are you still working out whether you are ready to talk confidently about autism with your child?
Two years after our son started school our lives changed dramatically. Our six-year-old boy told me he wanted to kill himself. This was the beginning of a very long journey that eventually lead to getting a diagnosis of autism. I didn’t realise it at the time, but his...
When my six year old son told me he wanted to kill himself, I had no idea it would result in a diagnosis of autism.
I hadn’t seen the signs, I didn’t know what I was looking for and I was at a loss to know what to do next.
This was the shocking start of a very long and life changing journey
Are you a worried parent who doesn’t know why your child seems different? Do you have suspicions that your child may be autistic? Are you unsure if getting a diagnosis will make any difference? Are you concerned about giving your child a label? Are you frightened that a diagnosis for your child may negatively impact their life? Or do you see a lot of yourself in your child and you got through life just fine, so why bother?