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need reassurance

k3llogs

hi, my son is 4 in 2 months, he has terrible speech and undergoes speech therapy, he has an audiology appointment in a weeks time to check its not his ears at fault.

i have been told several times in his life to have him checked for aspergers because of his strange habits and tendencies. i have always put this down to him being a boy and my family have only ever dealt with girls, not being able to deal with him.

although recently ive noticed more and more things about him that make him stand out from his peers. 

-he has an obsession with toy story, everything he does is toy story related, and has been for about 2 years

-he wont wear shoes unless they are wellies

-he headbangs violently to sleep

-he kisses and cuddles everyone and doesnt understand or back off it they dont want it

-he gets very upset and anxious if i leave him at all, especially without warning

-he doesnt make eye contact for more than a second and thats if i ask him to

-he hates loud noises

his intelligence is hard to measure as his speech is so behind.

am i doing the right thing in getting his assessed or am i making a bigger deal out of these things than i should?

please, any advice will help me. 

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  • He has an appointment with the gp on the 18th and I've spoken to my friends mum who is a pediatrician who specialises in diagnosing autism. She also thinks an assessment is a good idea.

    she gave me some techniques to deal with his behaviour better than they seem to work well so even if his diagnosis comes back as nothing wrong I think I needed to change my approach to him anyway.

    it might be blind hope but now I've got this in my head I've noticed things like him making prolonged eye contact and not being upset by loud noises. I just don't know. I want the assessment now!

    his school have no problem with him other than his speech but they are really good in working alongside me and the speech therapist to try and improve it.

    Thankyou for all your advice, I am going to follow up with the assessment and we will deal with whatever thw results might be :)

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  • He has an appointment with the gp on the 18th and I've spoken to my friends mum who is a pediatrician who specialises in diagnosing autism. She also thinks an assessment is a good idea.

    she gave me some techniques to deal with his behaviour better than they seem to work well so even if his diagnosis comes back as nothing wrong I think I needed to change my approach to him anyway.

    it might be blind hope but now I've got this in my head I've noticed things like him making prolonged eye contact and not being upset by loud noises. I just don't know. I want the assessment now!

    his school have no problem with him other than his speech but they are really good in working alongside me and the speech therapist to try and improve it.

    Thankyou for all your advice, I am going to follow up with the assessment and we will deal with whatever thw results might be :)

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