My 5yr old son has just been diagnosed. The diagnosis was binary (yes:no) rather than a scale which was the first lesson for me.

I need to understand how to support him and am not sure where to start. Does anyone have any advice please?

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Honestly I would be careful trying to help to much as you can cause harm. What a lot of parents don’t realize is that there is a strong desire to fit in which is just part of being human. With Autism there isn’t a lot you can do other than being respectful and generally a good parent.

    Also it might be worth examining the family tree. There have been a lots of parents that were diagnosed after the kid. Autism is genetic so it had to come from somewhere.

    • NotJohnSmith@feddit.ukOPEnglish
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      5 days ago

      Thanks for taking the time to reply. These are really good points as I am not particularly good at fitting in myself. I position it as a super power (no peer pressure) but as you say, to a certain degree your child needs to conform.

      I think I probably need to learn to be a parent and support as I have taken the opportunity for my wife being a very good mum to slack off myself