Posted By: Kathleen Gordon
I am at my wits end with my wonderful 3 year old son. At playgroup last December I was asked to attend a meeting, they said my son had hearing problems and referred him to Prefcat so he could get other things checked out, as they thought maybe he had other problems as he wouldn't sit and eat snack, make eye contact, speak to anyone or join in group activities. I was heartbroken when this was done as before then they always said things were fine he'd had a good day everytime I picked him up. After taking him to several specialists we've been told his hearing is fine his motor development is good and his communication is a little behind and we are receiving help from a speech, language and communication therapist this support she is being given to him now he is in Nursery. My son likes to play, draw, paint, can count to 12 and knows all the letters of the alphabet. At home he asks for things and listens to me, his dad and sister (7yr old) we play laugh and learn together. Sometimes you have to tell him more than once to do something mainly because he doesn't want to do what we ask him and he sometimes gets really upset and cries out sometimes screams. At nursery he wont eat snack or sit with the other children he plays with a couple of the children but mostly does his own thing, he runs around and won't listen to instruction and today we were told he knocked 2 children over and he has no spatial awareness. Its as if he is 2 different people this is tearing me up inside because it feels like since the day playgroup found out his cousin had aspergers in the autism spectrum everyone has had it in for my little boy and everyone treats him like theres something wrong with him. My health visitor says she thinks he's just shy and acting up because he doesn't want to do what he's being asked to do but I am so worried about my son I just don't know what to do. The nursery want to have a meeting with us on Monday afternoon and I am so worried they want to kick him out of nursery. Have you any advice or what I can do to help my son.
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