4 year old being assessed for autism

Hi everyoneI've just signed up to this page for a bit of support / advisemy son is 4years old a few weeks ago I was called into his nursery about quite a few concerns eg behaviour social skills ect they then got someone from IDS (integrated disability services)  to assess my son in the setting, she said watching my son she'd like for him to be assessed for autism or asperges,  I've also thought there was something different as I have 2 other children,  not to compare, he can be very aggressive, and have random outburst if he isn't happy about a specific thing, he is not good with making friends and would much prefer to be alone,  he always seems to have a angry facial expression too even when I smile at him, he doesn't like to be approached without warning this can cause a huge scene if someone touches him,  when he's sad he will go and sit alone and will not want any cuddles from me which makes me feel quite sad, I've Googled everything and sometimes I'll think, yes he's got it and then other times I think,  no it can't be,  it's been on my mind since they first mentioned it and now the waiting game is horrible, I don't know what to expect or when to expect it any advice would be greatly appreciated I know there's a lot of people in the same position but sometimes I feel I'm the only one going through,  many thanks 

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  • Hi, im new here as well. My daughter is 4 and in nursery. In brief she struggles socially, with transitions, with bondaries and with appropriate behaviour. She won't always answer to her name and avoids eye.contact. She will talk to, hug, touch and even tell strangers she loves them. She runs away without looking back hard to deal with this when out! Today was our third meeting at school with thee senco and the first time we met the educational physchologist after her first obervation of our daughter. Both senco and educational physiologist said we needed to go down the autism.assessment route. She has been referred to both camhs and the pediatric team. Today was the first time autism was mentioned by anyone then us and  trying to get my head round it all.

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  • Hi, im new here as well. My daughter is 4 and in nursery. In brief she struggles socially, with transitions, with bondaries and with appropriate behaviour. She won't always answer to her name and avoids eye.contact. She will talk to, hug, touch and even tell strangers she loves them. She runs away without looking back hard to deal with this when out! Today was our third meeting at school with thee senco and the first time we met the educational physchologist after her first obervation of our daughter. Both senco and educational physiologist said we needed to go down the autism.assessment route. She has been referred to both camhs and the pediatric team. Today was the first time autism was mentioned by anyone then us and  trying to get my head round it all.

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