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Hi my name is Sarah and I have an 19 month son who we've been told by 3 childminders and others professionals they're pretty sure he has autism. We're waiting for a space in a talk and play block of sessions, call from a senco and a health visitor appointment follow up. It came as a shock because I just thought some of his funny quirks were just normal. Any advice on what you found helped especially in the period before we can even get started on getting a diagnosis

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I have no advice but was in a similar position! He’s my only child so I just thought he was quirky but as he’s got older, I notice more!

Hello I compared her development to my younger sister ( they says are not supposed to but I was concerned ) she was not talking and was almost 1 , she would make interesting noise with her teeth and shiver at random times .

Get all the help you can even if he is not diagnosed. you can get DLA without diagnosis, speech therapy and speak to your health visitor to see what other support you have in your borough

The therapies for autism tend to be the same for other delays...so you can start therapies before a diagnosis if speech is delayed or if OT is recommended. So if you can get speech/language evaluation/occupational therapy evaluations done before the autism evaluations go for it...it made the world of difference for us. Took another year after the start of therapy before he got diagnosed.

Really? What quirks did he have ? My HV told that kids don’t get assessed until they are 2 years old …

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