Hi, this is my first community post so hope appropriate for here. My 10 yr old was formally diagnosed last month with high functioning asd but in everything we have read is classic aspergers. That's not a surprise we've known for a while but being going through the nhs process.
heres my concern right now, he's always had facial tics, innocuous things like excessive blinking or licking lips repetitively but now it's moved up a level to a movement where his eyes roll right back at the same time as a type of facial contortion. He has sight issues already - squint, lazy eye, short sighted,etc. Tics have come and gone but this one worries me due to the frequency and severity of the eye rolling - it's at least once or twice a minute right now And all day long, he has said it stops him sleeping (sleeping is hard already so not sure).
dO we leave it and let it run it's course like the others, or seek help? If so who- gp, optician, pediatrician, comms clinician? It's causing friction at home as I don't want to draw attention to it but my husband and I are worried of the effects long terms on His eyes.
Any advice appreciated.
