Hello friends

[KSparbs]

Hello there. I am a 34 year old mom of an almost 4 year old autistic little boy. We live in the great state of Wisconsin and have been enjoying our summer, for the most part. Navigating life as an autism mom has been challenging and rewarding all at the same time. My son is nonverbal and we haven't found a way to communicate quite yet but he leads us to what he wants most of the time. He will start 4k this year and I am absolutely terrified. He went to an early childhood special ed class this last year, with an iep and for the most part loved going to school. We have been having our own set of issues since being home for the summer. Meltdown after meltdown and despite being taken to do his usually fun outings and activities he still just seems so unsatisfied. Hoping to find some help with others going through the same sort of thing because right now I feel so alone.

 

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[Rodafina]

Welcome @KSparbs.

We have been having our own set of issues since being home for the summer. Meltdown after meltdown and despite being taken to do his usually fun outings and activities he still just seems so unsatisfied.

Changes to an established routine can be challenging, even for some of us adults. Sometimes, even “fun” things can be overstimulating and can cause meltdowns.

I hope you have a good experience here.

 

[VAW]

Hello there. I am a 34 year old mom of an almost 4 year old autistic little boy. We live in the great state of Wisconsin and have been enjoying our summer, for the most part. Navigating life as an autism mom has been challenging and rewarding all at the same time. My son is nonverbal and we haven't found a way to communicate quite yet but he leads us to what he wants most of the time. He will start 4k this year and I am absolutely terrified. He went to an early childhood special ed class this last year, with an iep and for the most part loved going to school. We have been having our own set of issues since being home for the summer. Meltdown after meltdown and despite being taken to do his usually fun outings and activities he still just seems so unsatisfied. Hoping to find some help with others going through the same sort of thing because right now I feel so alone.

Welcome to the forum KSparbs, As a mother of a son in the spectrum I know how hard it is and I also live in Wisconsin. My son is an adult now and he wasn't nonverbal although when he was younger I remember it took him quite a while to talk, way longer than my other 4 kids. My first two children were girls and they came out talking lol So I just figured boys maybe don't talk as fast. He would point to say what he wanted. Even as an adult he is a man of few words to answer you. No small talk, he answers questions but don't feel the need for small talk. I will say one thing, we didn't really know anything about Autism back then as he wasn't diagnosed until his 20's and he is 36 right now. IF you need any kind of special needs information or help it is best to get it right now while he is young because when he is older there is NOTHING at least where I live in Wisconsin. Although he did have a doctor in Madison for his ulcerative colitis. Dr. Shariff who told us about meetings for Asperger's either in Madison or Milwaukee. I don't know how far you are from there but there may be more places you can go there for support.

It is very hard to know what to do for them, at least it was for me and I am sure I handled things in the wrong way and there is also a lot of stress involved as it always seems you are on call 24/7. IF you want, and I know my son wasn't exactly the same as your son, but you can message me any time.