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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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  • Her room is always kept dark, however she would just go into her imaginative world and still play in the dark. Sometimes she will recite conversation she has had a school. Skye is able just to play by herself even in the dark. But the tablets the doctor gave her has help alot to get her to sleep. However,  I feel guilty that I am helping to put her to sleep, instead of her just falling asleep. She wasn't sleeping till one in the morning. I notice that when the sun does shine I  the morning  she  wakes up.

    I am unaware of sensitivity to food additives,  I will have to look into this.

    Will more symptoms develope as she gets older? I look foward to the full assessment but at the same time worried at what this means. I hope school can support her appropriately now and help her with her learning difficulties. 

    Thanks for replying back Relaxed

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  • Her room is always kept dark, however she would just go into her imaginative world and still play in the dark. Sometimes she will recite conversation she has had a school. Skye is able just to play by herself even in the dark. But the tablets the doctor gave her has help alot to get her to sleep. However,  I feel guilty that I am helping to put her to sleep, instead of her just falling asleep. She wasn't sleeping till one in the morning. I notice that when the sun does shine I  the morning  she  wakes up.

    I am unaware of sensitivity to food additives,  I will have to look into this.

    Will more symptoms develope as she gets older? I look foward to the full assessment but at the same time worried at what this means. I hope school can support her appropriately now and help her with her learning difficulties. 

    Thanks for replying back Relaxed

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