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[quote=Anonymous]How do I get a mother to stop suggesting my son has autism? We just left another playgroup and I’m a little on edge, sorry for any spelling or grammatical errors.

This isn’t a catty situation, she is honestly meaning well but it’s starting to upset me. My DS and her DD are in the same 2.5 year old play group since they were 18 months. She has a 7 year old who has high functioning autism and she’s a phanomenal mother, I’ve seen her handle insanely stressful moments between both children in public with more grace than I could’ve imagined. I really respect her in this sense. My DS has been slow to verbally communicate, we are working with a speech therapist who does not think he has any signs of autism. But the mother is insistent that he is showing clear signs.

I’m a first time mom and this is messing with my head. DS has his strengths, knows colors, numbers, counts, shapes, letters. No problem with social or emotional skill development but he has been slow to communicate. The mother says these laser focused interest with counting and colors are clear early warning signs and wants me to see her overly expensive therapist to start getting him help. But we are in an early prevention program, he’s been evaluated by a team of professionals who set him up with a speech therapist. Her initial worries are what lead me to the early prevention program but she feels they misdiagnosed because she sees him more often.

I just want her to drop the subject but every time I earnestly tell her it’s getting to me because I’m doing all I can to ensure he’s being seen by the right people, she’s quick to insist they’re not specialist in autism. Her hearts in the right place but what do I say to get her to move on from this topic? I co-run the playgroup, either of us not attending anymore is not a resolution i’d feel comfortable with. I also do not want to be insensitive towards her. [/quote]

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