3yo son just diagnossed ASD

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Hello, my name is Kimberly and my 3yo son was just diagnossed with high-functioning ASD in May. And the more I learn about him the more I think I might be on the spectrum as well. For more on that I posted all my questions in the general discussion forum. I am excited to have found this forum since I don't really have a support group of others with ASD or with children with ASD though I have a good support group made up of neuro-typicals. I am excited to learn from y'all.

SAHM906

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Many adults find their way to their own ASD through their child's diagnosis

Welcome aboard the Wrong Planet, Kimberly. You might also wish to check WP's Parents’ Discussion Forum: http://www.wrongplanet.net/forum19.html

Hi and Welcome Kimberly,

3 is pretty early for a DX (for a first child dx anyway). What made you get your son tested?

As far as you having AS is concerned, it's possible... the condition is hereditary.

You might want to have a go of the aspie test... it will give you a better idea of whether or not you're likely to be aspie.
http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php

[quote="gbollard"]Hi and Welcome Kimberly,

3 is pretty early for a DX (for a first child dx anyway). What made you get your son tested?[quote]

He has always been behind in language and I got tired of the 'he's a boy and boys are slower with language' type answers that I was getting. One of my parenting magazines mentioned a site listing different language concerns and the reason behind them. I was just going through the list and was going to bypass ASD because he didn't show those "classic" signs but read it anyways and was amazed at how well it described my son. So many of those other things we stuff that we never really saw as concerns but began to realize that maybe we should have.

Good work, SAHM - but there are lots of good things that are aspie too

I agree. What I meant was that we didn't realize that he wasn't hitting milestones like he should have or that some of the things he did were anything more than just him being him. To me, he was normal. ;D We have never viewed him as being something that needs to be fixed. I want to give him the same things I want for my daughter, the tools to be his very best in this world and to be able to do anything he puts his mind too.

Lucky kid

How did you react to the new upon hearing it?

Your son is very lucky to have been diagnosed at such an early age.

It was tough in the sense that you desire you children to be perfect and know that this will complicate his life some. However, I found it positive in the sense that it helped me realize that my son's behavior wasn't because I was a bad mom. And it also gave me the tools to reach him better.

What is interesting about the age is that the other people I have met with newly diagnossed children are all 18mo-2yo so in that sense my son is a little old. And it drives me nuts because we have had concerns since he was about 12-18 months and I wonder what having that extra year and a half of this knowledge would have helped him with.

I think people are trying to push back diagnosis as early as is possible because early intervention for communication is vital, however it is so for all kiddos not just the auties!

However you don't want to ravage his ASD to make him NT. Most great break throughs happened as a result of people whose descriptions sound very, very auti. His unique perspective will be a gift to you and maybe even the world.