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New to this but wanting some advice/support

Elliot1

Hi everyone .

my little boy is 3 . He has been doing strange movements since he was 6 mnths old. The doctors did EEGs to test for epilepsy and we have been passed round from neuro to community paeds up to now. As the years have passed Elliot's movements changed and he now does a lot of finger weaving and pacing back and forth and intense movements where his mouth tenses etc. He has lots of obsessuve ways and thrives on routine ... Other than that he is a good communicator .. maintains eye contact and can parallel play to a degree . He prefera adult company or older children but will have short bouts of olay with his age group. the doctors now are saying that the video clips of his movements / pacing are classically autistic ... They are going to come see him at his pre school and go from there for a diagnosis . I wonder is it still possible he could have asd even though he is able to socialise etc. Hope some one can help. And thanks for reading ! X

  • Hi,

     On the support front it's not uncommon sadly. All my family have died so I manage alone really, but with friends it's varied from 'there's nothing wrong with your child" to "Whats wrong with your child?" depending on which snippet of meltdown or controlled behaviour they've witnessed. I agree with Crystal though, early diagnosis is good and will help you put in adequate provision to manage any needs Elliot has. One of my boys also goes ridged in the jaw, i'd completely forgotten about that.

    Re ASD both my boys are high functioning and one shows very good social interaction and eye contact which our ED Psych indicates is learned behaviour and not natural to him, The other has typical eye contact avoidance and has quite poor social skills. I've learned that no two presentations seem the same with Autism. I do hope you get a diagnosis soon.

    Thoughts are with you.

    Coogybear

    XX

  • Smile Thank you I will have a look at other posts and the home page ... at the moment I'm not getting any support from family or friends so it's very difficult 

  • Hi - if he is autistic then it's important you find out asap so you can get the support he needs. 3 is still quite young to judge how easily a child finds it to "fit in" with his peers. In the meantime have a look around the posts and check out the home pg to get yourself more acquainted with things, if you haven't already.  Come back here any time you want + ask anything you want. Smile

  • Thank you so much for responding . I would like to share clips of what Elliot does but im not sure we can do that on here as I'm new. I'm so nervous about what's ahead for Elliot x

  • You should get lots of feedback here, and it is also woth searching past postings as nearly every issue you could imagine has come up.

    On socialisation, its not an absolute. It is simply harder to engage and to be understood and accepted. But these things may become more of an issue when he encounters peer group conformity and cannot fit in. Three is early days.

    Hope you get some good help in here.