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Hi Everyone, 5 year old, autism,aspergers, confused

LisaMB88

Hey,

My name is Lisa Smile My 5 year old daughter recently visited the Doctor and the Doctor believes my daughter Skye has Autism, aspergers.  It will be 2 months till the assessment.  It never entered my mind that she may have autism, even though I asked some questions,  I don't think it hit me until I walked out the door. I was in complete shock and confused in what this means. 

My daughter has been visiting Physiotherapy for low muscle tone in her legs and hands. Speech & Language Therapy, her assessment result were that she has problems retaining information, problems with Language. Occupational Therapy, for low muscle tone, spacial awareness, difficulty with zips, she fine motor skill problems.  When occupational Therapy assessed Skye she was at lowest results. 

Skye is a child that is always in her imaginative world. She loves to be super heros but gets upset when she can't do what they superheros can do. She is a complete tomboy, loves cars.

She very active and her energy levels don't drop at night, Doctor gave Melatonin to help her drift of to sleep. 

I'm  new to this and I am not quite sure what to expect,  what's going to happen. 

Thanks and sorry for babbling on so much lol.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Hi,

    welcome to the community. Sleep is a common problem for people on the spectrum. One cause for this is that we can be very sensitive to light or noise. does your daughter have really thick curtains that keep her room really dark?

    are you aware of the sensitivity that some of us have to food additives? Sometimes a change in diet (e.g. Cutting out bright orange drinks etc) can help settle a child down.

    one of the things to be aware of is that there are many differences in our conditions. Some people will respond to something but others won't.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Hi,

    welcome to the community. Sleep is a common problem for people on the spectrum. One cause for this is that we can be very sensitive to light or noise. does your daughter have really thick curtains that keep her room really dark?

    are you aware of the sensitivity that some of us have to food additives? Sometimes a change in diet (e.g. Cutting out bright orange drinks etc) can help settle a child down.

    one of the things to be aware of is that there are many differences in our conditions. Some people will respond to something but others won't.

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