At a recent autism course I met a mum who asked to keep in touch with me as the path our son has taken is exactly the path she wants for her son, who is a year younger.
We kept in touch and met a few times for coffee and chats. It felt like we were a good support for each other.
She found out that her son got into the same language unit as our son, so was delighted! We arranged a playdate for the 2 boys during the summer holidays so they would know each others face on the first day of school as they were going to be in the same class, primary 1/2
I mentioned to my son in the morning that mummy’s friend was coming over with her little boy, but he said no way! His new thing is ‘I don’t like…..’ which just means he doesn’t want to talk about it or do it, so he said ‘I don’t like mummy’s friend’ so I just dropped the subject.
When the doorbell went, I said to my son to go out in the garden and play, but he was too nosey (takes after his mum!) He kept back and I said to my friend not to look at him or say anything and let him come to her. It worked!! Her little boy came in and just started playing and my son wandered over to him.
2.5 hours later they were still playing!!
Going from past experience of playdates, I expected and hour at the most.
This was an overwhelming success!!!
Super Autism Mum 