fairly new here .......

happy_lass

hi there you lovely lot :wave:

i am fairly new here, i have posted a few times, but mainly lurked around a bit.
I would like to help out anyone who has an autistic child (or chat to anyone who has any disabilities).
I am a mom of 3, my second daughter is severely autistic and i know what a long and lonely road it is caring for her.
If anyone wants to chat to me then feel free and i will help as much as i can.
Sometimes just chatting can make people who are stressed, less stressed !!!
so come on you lovely lot, say hi to me !!! :j:beer:

john1002

Hi Happy lass (like the name)

I have a son who is 7 who is autistic, yes can get very stressed especially the night time bed routine.

Hope that if I need to chat I can PM you as and when the need arises.

Till then hope more people say hi

John

happy_lass

yep, the nights are a long drawn out process here too !!! lol.......... some nights are good, others are tiring to say the least. My daughters 19, has little speech, learning difficulites (lots) and is like a toddler really. She is totally unaware of ANY danger so has to be watched like a hawk 24 hours a day . anyone else wanna chat? join in !!

happy_lass

she does have us in hysterical laughter though !!! her antics are hilarious !! gotta have a sense of humour when looking after the disabled i think.

khague

would be great to have someone to talk to as my daughter has only just being diagnosed with asd and its only just starting to sink in but i don't know what to expect or who to talk to and what questions to ask?

Any advise?

annie69

Hi All,

My son is 13 years old, diagnosed with Asd and adhd since aged 5. The situation does get better with age in some respects, my son is now a loving caring young man.

Js_Other_Half

Hi, there is an Asperger/ ASD support thread here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/604164

The link takes you to the most recent page, but you might find it useful reading it more fully when you have a spare day or two

stassy23

hi my ds is going through the assessment for autism at the moment
he also has a few other problems

SingleSue

I have two with ASD, youngest who has complex autism and middle son with Aspergers (plus they both have a multitude of other stuff too).

Life can be a challenge, it can be frustrating but it can also be very rewarding too when they do things that the specialists said they would never be able to do.

toomuchinfo

My 13 year old son has ASD/Speech & language disablilty/learning difficulties.
I haven't found that life gets any easier, the opposite in fact. I wouldn't change him for the world but I would change his situation if I could.

Mandymull

toomuchinfo.....
SNAP.
i FOUND LIFE DOES GET TOUGHER......
i have two girls, aged 19 and 17 with an ASD disorder ,rett syndrome and they are at the severe end of that spectrum......life gets tougher each day and today is a particularly difficult day....
hugs to all those who life has been turned upside down by autism..mx