Autism

[citymacc]

My 4 year old son has just been diagnosed with Autism and to me, it makes him. It's part of his character, love him to bits! Anyway, to throw all my bombs in at once, we're thinking of home-educating him as we really don't think there is a school out there that suits him or could do as good a job as we could do at home. Thoughts?

 

[pirate]

My 4 year old son has just been diagnosed with Autism and to me, it makes him. It's part of his character, love him to bits! Anyway, to throw all my bombs in at once, we're thinking of home-educating him as we really don't think there is a school out there that suits him or could do as good a job as we could do at home. Thoughts?

you may be doing the right thing, but he needs to mix with others even though he will find it hard, because not to put too finer point on it, he may not be capable of independant living as an adult and you will not always be their to support him.

my niece has aspergers and so I have some experience

good luck, make what you think are the right decisions but dont be afraid to change your mind or to ask for help

 

[fbloke]

My 4 year old son has just been diagnosed with Autism and to me, it makes him. It's part of his character, love him to bits! Anyway, to throw all my bombs in at once, we're thinking of home-educating him as we really don't think there is a school out there that suits him or could do as good a job as we could do at home. Thoughts?

As a dad of 5 with one son with a diagnosis of Autism I would personally advise against home schooling.

All kids need opportunities to socialise and none more than 'kids on the spectrum'

I know we parents know our kids better than anyone else but to be frank there are huge numbers of professionals who know how to help develop our kids way beyond our own abilities.

If you need to chat about things in private though please feel free to drop me a PM

 

[mindmyp's_n_q's]

My 4 year old son has just been diagnosed with Autism and to me, it makes him. It's part of his character, love him to bits! Anyway, to throw all my bombs in at once, we're thinking of home-educating him as we really don't think there is a school out there that suits him or could do as good a job as we could do at home. Thoughts?

My only question would be how well does he currently act with other children? Kids being around other kids is a huge part of growing up which will naturally be missed out with home schooling.

What ever you decide he is always going to be ok with parents that have the attitude that you seem to have.

 

[BlueBearBoots]

I have no experience of autism at all but the previous posts seem good sense especially. - don't be afraid to change your mind!! Try it and if it doesn't work, change it

 

[citymacc]

My 4 year old son has just been diagnosed with Autism and to me, it makes him. It's part of his character, love him to bits! Anyway, to throw all my bombs in at once, we're thinking of home-educating him as we really don't think there is a school out there that suits him or could do as good a job as we could do at home. Thoughts?

you may be doing the right thing, but he needs to mix with others even though he will find it hard, because not to put too finer point on it, he may not be capable of independant living as an adult and you will not always be their to support him.

my niece has aspergers and so I have some experience

good luck, make what you think are the right decisions but dont be afraid to change your mind or to ask for help

thanks for that, we're fully aware that he needs to mix with others and our next real challenge (now he's started talking) is to try and get him to interact with ourselves so that we can move on to the next stage.

 

[BWTAC]

We met a couple a few years ago on holiday who had adopted an autistic girl, although she was 5 years older than my daughter, they got on great. They found it hard, yet so rewarding and found that interaction with other children was more of a help than a hindrance.

 

[citymacc]

My 4 year old son has just been diagnosed with Autism and to me, it makes him. It's part of his character, love him to bits! Anyway, to throw all my bombs in at once, we're thinking of home-educating him as we really don't think there is a school out there that suits him or could do as good a job as we could do at home. Thoughts?

As a dad of 5 with one son with a diagnosis of Autism I would personally advise against home schooling.

All kids need opportunities to socialise and none more than 'kids on the spectrum'

I know we parents know our kids better than anyone else but to be frank there are huge numbers of professionals who know how to help develop our kids way beyond our own abilities.

If you need to chat about things in private though please feel free to drop me a PM

Why would you advise against home-schooling? Do you really think the 'professionals' know more than we as parents do? Maybe you're right, a PM chat is the best!?

 

[citymacc]

My 4 year old son has just been diagnosed with Autism and to me, it makes him. It's part of his character, love him to bits! Anyway, to throw all my bombs in at once, we're thinking of home-educating him as we really don't think there is a school out there that suits him or could do as good a job as we could do at home. Thoughts?

My only question would be how well does he currently act with other children? Kids being around other kids is a huge part of growing up which will naturally be missed out with home schooling.

What ever you decide he is always going to be ok with parents that have the attitude that you seem to have.

He doesn't seem to have any kind of interest in the children that play in or around him, he's very much a kindred spirit.

 

[mackenzie]

Blue2112's wife knows a lot on this subject I believe. Might be worth pm'ing him.