New to this but wanting some advice/support

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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