Adult ASD Diagnosis

[Velorum]

I’ve developed an interest in neurodiversity - partly through my role in recruitment and employability, partly through my experience with my now 18 year old son. Harry was born with Down’s and let’s just say he’s a bit of a character! We were keen to find out as much as we could about his own personal way of viewing the world from the very beginning, to help his education, general well-being and to understand him better. He has been diagnosed with ADHD by one specialist, ASD by another, ADD by another - our experience has been a little ridiculous tbh!
Harry clearly has global developmental delay, he still loves CBeebies and is like a 4 year old in many ways, but it seems like everyone is keen to stick a label on something which is incredibly complex. He can be unexpectedly intuitive and supportive of those around him and sometimes has a wiseness about him that takes me completely by surprise. As he attends a special school and various clubs etc I’ve met lots of his peers - some of whom have much more obvious signs of ASD - frankly nothing remotely like Harry. I’ve expressed my view - half jokingly - to many of the specialists that we’ve met that it’s all a bit vague and I’m not convinced by the labels, choosing neurodiversity and sticking with it!


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Here is a guest blog that I wrote for one of my fellow SHU students webpage earlier this year

https://www.janinebooth.com/content/...paradigm-shift






Also this might be of come interest - its the flyer for our ND staff network in NHS Cornwall

[RobDad]

Here is a guest blog that I wrote for one of my fellow SHU students webpage earlier this year

https://www.janinebooth.com/content/...paradigm-shift






Also this might be of come interest - its the flyer for our ND staff network in NHS Cornwall

Thanks that’s all useful stuff


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