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Mum of two children with possible ASD

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Phanelope

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hi all, I actually have 4 children in total but two with indicators for autism. My 9 year old has just gone through the first stage of his assessment and we will have a result in a couple of weeks. I am still trying to decide if I should have my 15 year old assessed. I work as an education assistant with children with special needs yet I still feel completely ignorant on the topic of autism and the children I work with are always surprising me.
 
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Phanelope said:
hi all, I actually have 4 children in total but two with indicators for autism. My 9 year old has just gone through the first stage of his assessment and we will have a result in a couple of weeks. I am still trying to decide if I should have my 15 year old assessed. I work as an education assistant with children with special needs yet I still feel completely ignorant on the topic of autism and the children I work with are always surprising me.
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Welcome! I'm new here, too. Only 5 years ago I didn't know anything about autism, and I had no idea that my son was growing up with Aspergers (like myself). When I stumbled across some decent research, I couldn't stop reading and finding out as much as I could about it (it was what I would have called a "special interest" at the time, the way I devoured the information, but I had a vested interest in helping my son when I discovered that this was the missing link to understanding him).

You have likely heard the saying that when you have met a person with autism, you've only met one person with autism. Autistics are all unique, and we can all learn from each other. I am thankful for the NTs who reach out and try to understand when someone they know is needing support, particularly the parents and the professionals who make a difference.
 
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