How many of us are Autism Moms?

I have an almost 8 yo daughter with autism. She has come a long way in the last 3 years.

I also have a 13 yo son with NLD. Life is really hard for him.

We hve an appointment date for a sensory eval finally.Two weekas from Friday! I am excited cause its just the next step on getting closer to anwsers and maybe a dx. Anyone care to share info about thier experience if they had one seeing fgetting a sensory eval?

I have 2 kids with Autism. My son will be 11 in Aug and is high functioning Autism and his biggest problem is communication. He is very smart and tells us his wants and needs but will not have conversations with us. My daughter is 8 and was just officially diagnosed with Aspergers although I have know for awhile. If you want to request me as a friend feel free to.

Looking to add other parent's with children on the spectrum. I have a 6 year old diagnosed PDD-NOS. This is not a new finding, we've known since he was very young.

Mother of a 14 year old son with Aspergers but am in no way stressed NOW because of it. Early on, DEFINITELY.

Going to bump this for my wife to have a look at later, she has a post-grad diploma in Autism and now supports families and schools with the development and schooling of primary aged children who have Autism

Good to see other Moms here who understand. I have a sweet, little 6 year old girl with Asperger's. She is brilliant and artistic and a kind, kind soul. Some days are more challenging than others. But like allof you, I wouldn't change her for the world. She is my one of my inspirations for getting my butt in gear and losing this weight.

I also came across this thread and wanted to express my love and gratitude for all you moms out there!
I am a speech pathologist for an organization that serves adults and kids with developmental disabilities. I have 5,500 people and am the only SLP. It is hard not being able to provide as much time, energy, effort, support, skills, etc. as I would like.
I care for every single one of my guys like they are my own child.

Please keep me as a resource if necessary. Autism is such a communication (or lack, thereof) based condition and that is my specialty.

Best of luck to all you moms with your children and your weight loss journey. You CAN do it!

Kerri

I have a 3 year old son with autism. It's so frustrating and when you have a child with special needs you really learn to put yourself last. I have 3 children--7 year old son and 3 year old boy/girl twins and I put myself not just last but dead last--even past the family dog. The toll all the worry takes on you is the worst. I am an older mom (almost 41) and I worry about what will happen to my youngest when my husband and I are gone. I need to get back in shape and be healthy for my kids, especially my autistic son. I'm so happy to see a group of moms here who have autism and weight loss struggles in common. I accept all friend requests. I'm new and so my page is slow but once I get into the groove, I am a lot of fun and very supportive! Hugs all!

HI.

I have a 4 year old son (he just turned four on Monday actually).

He's had issues since he was a few months old. At a year old he had surgery due to his soft spots closing too soon.

He was developing normally until he was about 18 months old. He lost some of his skills, quit speaking, was not very social and had behvaiour and emotional issues, hypersensitivities to textures, temperatures and sounds.

Just recently he was evaluation for Autism. By the time we got into the assessment, some of his skills had increased. He had started making eye contact and starting using his body language to try and get his point across. Due to these two developments, he was not diagnosed with Autism. Although they stated that he definitely had a lot of traits. They want to see him again before he starts school.

3 months before his 4th birthday his language skills exploded. He is a non stop chatterbox now. He still has trouble with pronouncing words and using proper words, but he has come a long way. He is also not as clumsy as before.

I am still at a loss though. He is a very difficult child. He had emotional outbursts from very minor things, is very sensitive to stimuili, although he will sometimes run into things full force and then laugh. He has recently taken to jumping off the dining room table and jumping from piece of furniture to piece of furniture. He is also still experiencing SEVERE separation anxiety from me. I STILL cannot go anywhere in the house without telling him or he completely melts down and tries to find me. He is a very picky eater, although he will say he's hungry ALL the time. His sleep has become very disturbed lately too. He wakes up a few times a night, snores exremely loud and is very restless in his bed. He doesn't really play well with children, and he is constantly annoying his older brother. He also screams and gets mad for the smallest reasons.

There are other issues as well, but this post is very long already.

Im seeking any imput from you awesome mom's out there on how I might be able to handle him or if I should pursue trying to find out what might be causing all of this.

Please help. It is getting very frustrating and his behaviour etc is disrupting our family life.


Thanks for any advice/help.


Sorry this post is so long.