Anyone have a child on here who is autistic or has ADHD? (My nephew may be autistic or have adhd or…

My 13 year old step son has really bad ADHD and aspergers.

I have ADHD and Aspergers I had a hard time growing up with people treating me different but my saving grace was how supportive my family was. they took the time to understand my social "shortcomings" and they gave me my space when I needed it.

@mommy1987, my nephew is 4. But I know of children who got diagnosed as early as 3

@mommy1987, I was diagnosed with ADHD at 6 and Aspergers at 10

@nightdaughter, how did the kids at school treat you ? Were you put into a special class or were you main streamed ?

@amaperalta03, tbh I was picked on a lot at school and didn't have many friends because of my difficulties socializing. as for the classes, I was in a class that helped my organizational skills, time management and social skills because those were the areas I needed assistance with. I was mainstreamed for my other classes though.

My daughter has defiance disorder and my son has multi domain learning disabilities including ADHD and shows signs of Aspergers. I took them both to a neurologist to have them diagnosed. In elementary schools now they've really cut out calling it special ed due to bullying. There are now inclusion classes. In an inclusion class there is a special ed teacher and a regular teacher an d the special ed teacher gives extra attention to the kids who need it but all the other kids just think it's just an aid. My son is in inclusion with an IEP plan. Setting up a plan with child study team makes all the difference.

Getting a neurologists diagnosis helped a lot with acceptance for us

Some times ppl just understand my husband has Aspergers and my mom side and my grandma always have something to say this and that abt him instead of understanding that how he is. They always think he can just not do stuff and that's not how it work.

In order to get into an inclusion class though they need to be tested through the school and be diagnosed by a neurologist. The IEP or 504 plan they make for your child travels with them through their whole school career. It really is like night and day. For example, when my son takes a test he's allowed more time and can take the test isolated from other kids and distractions.

@ceeasquared, my nephew has a iep plan as well. So I'm kinda familiar with it. Just wanna know ways to get family and friends to be more understanding

@rodriguez13, I wish people could just be more understanding

My family thought I was crazy until I had the doctors diagnosis. Then they were like oh well I guess if the doctor said it 😑

@ceeasquared, ughhh that's how my family is my mom, sister and I clearly know something is different about him reason why he's going to get evaluated. And everyone just keeps saying his just bad or stubborn. It's so frustrating to me cause I see him as my child. And I wish people were just more sensitive to his situation

It's never easy to get a child who has issues to understand that something is wrong. My oldest boy has a whole slew of medical issues and I just have to reassure everyone that we r working on his psychiatric care all the time. He does have ADHD and also on the curve for autism bipolar aggression issues n ODD but I'm in constant contact with his psychiatrist and school. He does have an IEP and is in inclusion classes and does well. He has his bad days and those days r better spent at home but I make it work time love and patience is the best medicine and if the family can't accept the way he is they maybe should take some special classes to learn how to deal with him