Published on 12, July, 2020
My wife is unwilling to accept that our four year old is autistic. I am British and she is Chinese and we live in China. My son hears both English and Mandarin on a daily basis and she attributes this to his speech difficulties.
My son spins his keys often and forces air into his ears, to stimulate or block out loud noises.
I worry without help, this may hinder his development for good.
I don't know what to do as I feel he'd be better off in the UK with guidance or treatment, however, our life isn't as easy as that and there are other variables making it difficult!
How do you know he is autistic? Just because of the spinning and dislike of loud noises? He might just be very sensitive - or maybe HSP.
Bilingual children are usually slower in speech development, as they might have more issues with other subjects.
If you visit the Uk on a regular basis, perhaps you could suggest visiting a specialist and finding out for sure?
Thank you for your reply.
We had our son examined by two doctors. One said he may be slightly autistic and one said he isn’t.
We visit the UK every summer and we should have visited a specialist!
I guess we just hope that he is behind in his development, but after research I believe he demonstrates signs, such as; spinning of keys, dislike of loud noise, not a great deal of eye contact, language struggles.