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'Passive' Autism

Michmac

Hi, my 2yrs 7months son has just been diagnosed with 'Passive' Autism. He is a very loving happy boy and also has a twin sister. Just wanted to hear from other parents on their experience of this type of Autism. Any advice/help would be very much appreciated. Thanks :-)

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  • hi I have 2 young children with ASD and both are polar opposites. I was made aware of people with ASD being passive when I did my local Autism Outreach course. Although I have never heard of it described as 'passive autism' our outreach team gave us copies of 2 'icebergs' 1 aggresive and 1 passive. it was then I realised why they were so different in their behaviours. My daughter is exactly described in the passive section of a previous post she can and often does get very distressed about the smallest of things and will stay that way for sometimes an hour e.g. just today she dropped an icepop on the floor and was upset so her Granny picked it up for her, this made her more distressed and she pointed to the floor crying "oh no" so my mam had to put it down and let me pick it up then she was fine. She is happy to just sit back and take others leads doesnt participate in play with others but happy to be around them, when she is stressed she can go very quiet and withdraw. Our Autism Outreach team told us that it is more worrying because often these childrens anxiety gets missed because they are just quiet and not aggressive/crazy like my son. She is nearly 4.

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  • hi I have 2 young children with ASD and both are polar opposites. I was made aware of people with ASD being passive when I did my local Autism Outreach course. Although I have never heard of it described as 'passive autism' our outreach team gave us copies of 2 'icebergs' 1 aggresive and 1 passive. it was then I realised why they were so different in their behaviours. My daughter is exactly described in the passive section of a previous post she can and often does get very distressed about the smallest of things and will stay that way for sometimes an hour e.g. just today she dropped an icepop on the floor and was upset so her Granny picked it up for her, this made her more distressed and she pointed to the floor crying "oh no" so my mam had to put it down and let me pick it up then she was fine. She is happy to just sit back and take others leads doesnt participate in play with others but happy to be around them, when she is stressed she can go very quiet and withdraw. Our Autism Outreach team told us that it is more worrying because often these childrens anxiety gets missed because they are just quiet and not aggressive/crazy like my son. She is nearly 4.

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