Saying hi - son with aspergers

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Kinda tip-toeing in here as I have been popping in and reading posts for a week or so whilst plucking up the courage to say hi. I'm a 36-year-old mum to a 4 year-old son (nearly 5) who has recently been diagnosed with aspergers. He was picked up at 2.5 when we visited the HV for his 2 year check-up and he screamed and ran to me as soon as she came in the room, buried his head in my shoulder and wouldn't look at her. At the time he was displaying other traits such as repetitive play, stacking his toys in the middle of the room, flapping a lot, fixated on routines and not liking change. Over the duration of the next 2 years some of the traits disappeared (stacking his toys) but others become more apparent or newly developed - his play has stayed repetitive and structured, his language skills are delayed especially his understanding of verbal communication, he is an extremely picky eater - lives off cereal like weetabix and porridge, toast and chicken - is hard to get him to eat veg or fruit or introduce new foods, he finds it hard to play with other children although he clears wants to interact.

The diagnosis has come as a relief in a way as during the 2 years when he was being assessed there was this "is he isn't he" and I felt like stuck in no-man's land. I do feel rather abandoned though as noone has told me where we go from here. I have the diagnosis but then have been left to get on with it so have been reading on the Internet and started reading Tony Attwood's book in an attempt to understand what this means for my son and so I can help and support the best way I can. This is also why I have joined the forum as books and the web can only help so far. I also want to speak with other people who have or live with aspergers on a day-to-day basis and can provide more practical information and insight.

Also, as I'm sure it has with a lot of parents, I have started to look at family history and after looking at aspergers in women I have started to recognise a lot of traits in myself - but that is a post for another time.

Sorry if this sounds a bit blasé and all over the place but had a rather tiring day. Looking forward to speaking with you all

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Hi!
My son was diagnosed in August this year and I have also had the same thoughts about myself and other family members which I posted about last week.
Feel free to pm me if you want to chat x

Hi, i hope this forum helps you with understanding autism and aspergers

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Hello!

To be fair, I've only been on the other end of it (Although I didn't have delayed language skills and only teachers and playmates seemed to notice that I was a bit "odd"). I'm pretty far on the "mild" end of it, but if you ever want the perspective from an adult with AS, feel free to PM me.