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Hi everyone, am soooooooooo glad i found this group, have been reading through some other posts and its so comforting to realise your not alone. Im a mum to 2 boys age 13 & 10, and am currently waiting for a review from a peadiatric consultant for my youngest lad. At age 2 he was reffrerd by a helath visitor for a delay in both speech and walking, after what felt like an eternity he was diagnosed with both hypermobility and developmental delay, was told by consultant however he would catch up eventually, not 2 worry and was promptly discharged. (consultant did say however she would review him just b4 he moved up to high school just to check up on him, this is the appointment we r currently waiting for)  Fast forward to the present day, and im desperate for some advice from other perants, He hand flaps a Lot especially when excited, he bangs his feet also as if running on the spot (this happens at same time as hand flapping) he also pulls faces (dont know n e other way to put it,lol). He has avid dislikes of the most peculier things google earth being the current one, at school in the payground he prefers to walk round alone even though he does have freinds who want to play with him, He also hates the feel ov denim jeans, he also finger bites a lot.he also overly sensesitive to things and will become emotionally attahced to inanimate objects. im just so confused, have read up about autism etc and he does fit in with this but then again i dont wanna sound like a mum whos trying to get my son diagnosed with somthing he hasnt got, if that makes sense! oh bugger im waffling now,lol. N e way thankyou in advance for n e advice n e one can give me, it will b greatly appreciated as im feeling a likkle bit lost at the moment,xx 

  • Yes that would be a good idea, as well as filming any meltdowns (tantrums) and if he displays any sensory issues such as covering his ears when he hears loud noises.  The more information the better.

  • Thankyou for your reply and advice intenseworld, i did qestion the consultant when he last went a few years ago about the possibility of autism however she was really dismissive and said his behavior is just little quirks he has, at this point he was only young 5/6 and i believed her, it was just now he is growing up it is becoming far more noticeable. i will definently follow your advice and make notes about his behavior/development in readiness for app wiv consultant, i also thought about filming him on phone when he is in process of hand flapping/feet stamping etc to show consultant but not sure is this is appropiate.

  • I cannot believe they didn't assess for autism at that point bearing in mind that he had a speech delay (NAS says all speech delays should be investigated) and with hypermobility.  Hypermobility is known in autism and my youngest (8yo) got her ASC diagnosis before we found out that she is also hypermobile.  Unusual phobias are part of autism too and it's funny that he doesn't like Google earth because my 8yo also had a long phobia about the Universal planet logo at the end/beginning of films.

    Me and both my daughters are on the spectrum and I think from what you describe there is a good chance your son is on the spectrum too.

    Make lots of notes about his development and behaviour as this will help the assessment process as they ask the parent(s) a lot of questions about history.