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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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  • I tend to pace a lot in order to release some of my excess energy, and still slip into my own 'imaginary world' when not actively engaged in an activity. I also have a really hard time sleeping, it seems I'm naturally nocturnal. Left to my own devices, I'll fall asleep from 1am-3am then get up the following day at whatever time I have to be up, and the cycle just continues. But, I've been able to have a more restful sleep when I have some music playing in the background, usually something soft and calming with the same song on repeat, as I find it hard to imagine 'action sequences' in my head when theres something calming being played.

    Another aspect that helps is that I sleep in a hammock. Initially it was just to try and help me nap more when I was only sleeping about 3 hours a night, but in the end we got rid of the bed altogether as I never ended up in it. The rocking motion is very soothing and helps me to drift off, whether I wear myself out by swinging from side to side or the swaying sends me off.

    If your daughter is one of the kids who fell asleep in a pram or the car a lot, then getting a hammock (or a swinging chair) might prove useful. If you do decide to invest in a hammock, I'd advise you invest in a 'double', as there's more fabric and when you lay in it, the sides are steeper, making a fall less likely. I've even got a weighted blanket my mum made me to stop me 'wriggling' too much as I used to move about lots in my sleep, resulting in me waking up exhausted anyway even when I did sleep.

    Good luck, I hope things work out.

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  • I tend to pace a lot in order to release some of my excess energy, and still slip into my own 'imaginary world' when not actively engaged in an activity. I also have a really hard time sleeping, it seems I'm naturally nocturnal. Left to my own devices, I'll fall asleep from 1am-3am then get up the following day at whatever time I have to be up, and the cycle just continues. But, I've been able to have a more restful sleep when I have some music playing in the background, usually something soft and calming with the same song on repeat, as I find it hard to imagine 'action sequences' in my head when theres something calming being played.

    Another aspect that helps is that I sleep in a hammock. Initially it was just to try and help me nap more when I was only sleeping about 3 hours a night, but in the end we got rid of the bed altogether as I never ended up in it. The rocking motion is very soothing and helps me to drift off, whether I wear myself out by swinging from side to side or the swaying sends me off.

    If your daughter is one of the kids who fell asleep in a pram or the car a lot, then getting a hammock (or a swinging chair) might prove useful. If you do decide to invest in a hammock, I'd advise you invest in a 'double', as there's more fabric and when you lay in it, the sides are steeper, making a fall less likely. I've even got a weighted blanket my mum made me to stop me 'wriggling' too much as I used to move about lots in my sleep, resulting in me waking up exhausted anyway even when I did sleep.

    Good luck, I hope things work out.

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