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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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  • When Doctor mentioned blood  tests, she said it is for multiple things. It may show why Skye struggling in school, thyroid, etc

    As for the melatonin this due to skyes energy levels not dropping at night. I put her to bed at 7pm but won't go to sleep till 1 am. She didn't seem to get tired, she would just continue to play in her room in the dark. The melatonin is to help her fall asleep at night.  I give her it at night at 7 and Skye will be asleep for 8pm now. She will see Skye in 6 months to  check if Skye needs a is to continue the prescription.

    I recently spoke with Skyes speech and Language therapist and she said that Skye is have auditory problems, difficulty understanding language and can't retain information. She is also having learning difficulties. There is alot going on at the one time with her. She is only 5 yrs old and in primary 2. 

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  • When Doctor mentioned blood  tests, she said it is for multiple things. It may show why Skye struggling in school, thyroid, etc

    As for the melatonin this due to skyes energy levels not dropping at night. I put her to bed at 7pm but won't go to sleep till 1 am. She didn't seem to get tired, she would just continue to play in her room in the dark. The melatonin is to help her fall asleep at night.  I give her it at night at 7 and Skye will be asleep for 8pm now. She will see Skye in 6 months to  check if Skye needs a is to continue the prescription.

    I recently spoke with Skyes speech and Language therapist and she said that Skye is have auditory problems, difficulty understanding language and can't retain information. She is also having learning difficulties. There is alot going on at the one time with her. She is only 5 yrs old and in primary 2. 

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