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Will his behaviours get worse?

SproutsMa

Hi all,

My son is nearly 2 and half and is showing strong flags for autism.  He makes great eye contact with us and is very loving but prefers to play on his own at nursery and will interact minimally with the other children.

I have been on symptom watch as I am sure all parents in my position are.  He lines a lot of things up, runs on the spot excitedly, has quite an aversion to certain foods, is non verbal (does that mean no words but makes sounds?) and used to show a lot of upset to loud noises (this seems to have passed).

I have obviously been watching his behaviour to see if he develops any kind of meltdown, or any stimming behaviour or upset when we change routine but none really so far apart from the running on the spot.

Will behaviours increase as he gets older?

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  • Former Member
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    SproutsMa said:

    He makes great eye contact with us and is very loving but prefers to play on his own at nursery and will interact minimally with the other children.

    That doesn't sound very autistic! Two year olds do not normally play nicely with other children, that comes later. At two he will tolerate other children but he won't be able to share or be very social. If he is making good eye contact with you then there is no red flag in that department. Children develop at different rates and he may suddenly start talking with a torrent of words but you are quite right to get this checked out.

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    SproutsMa said:

    He makes great eye contact with us and is very loving but prefers to play on his own at nursery and will interact minimally with the other children.

    That doesn't sound very autistic! Two year olds do not normally play nicely with other children, that comes later. At two he will tolerate other children but he won't be able to share or be very social. If he is making good eye contact with you then there is no red flag in that department. Children develop at different rates and he may suddenly start talking with a torrent of words but you are quite right to get this checked out.

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