Dads with, or dads of children with additional needs.

Tagged: Additional needs, ADHD, ASD

This topic has 4 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 4 years, 3 months ago by Dan Marchant.

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- 13/09/2018 at 10:34 pm #17759
  Phill The Autistic Teacher
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  Hi all there has been some chat around Autism Spectrum Condition (ASD) this includes Asperger’s Syndrome. I have personally grown up with ASD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Dyspraxia. My son has I’m an addineeds teaching assistant and care worker. In my roles I have supported and referred children for assessment including my own son who has just been diagnosed with Dyspraxia and ADHD, with talk of ASD. Feel free to ask questions and I’ll do my best to answer, or find links that can help answer your questions.
- 07/06/2019 at 11:29 am #26689
  Paul Davies
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  How early can you diagnose autism?
- 07/06/2019 at 11:37 am #26692
  Phill The Autistic Teacher
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  I’ve known children as young as 2-3 to be diagnosed with autism but most doctors are reluctant to give a diagnoses until a child is at least 4-6
- 07/06/2019 at 11:39 am #26694
  Phill The Autistic Teacher
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  https://www.autism.org.uk/about/diagnosis/children.aspx this week give you some more information. If you have any specific concerns I can help answers more questions.
- 08/06/2019 at 8:26 am #26715
  Dan Marchant
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  We had concerns about my eldest with some of this but haven’t managed to find any concrete.
  He does seem to be slowly improving, so we are assuming that it’s just been a phase.
  I believe he was taken to the doctors without my knowledge to be tested on the autism spectrum but I never heard anymore after that.
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