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please help are these signs of autism

sweetlikechoc

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BEFORE

  • got assessed and was at the development age of 10 months at 2 years

  • didn’t walk till he was 2

  • didn’t eat solids till he was 2 due to fear of swallowing

  • didn’t learn to use toilet and out of nappies till he was 4

  • was behind in all milestones

  • would only play alone

  • talking made no sense started about 4 and half

    NOW 7

    • whispers to himself

    • hums when he eats

    • not affectionate stopped giving cuddles and kisses for a long time still has a problem with it specially with anyone other than me his sister and foster sister

    • doesn't like strangers much

    • gets over excited for hours some times its hard to calm him down

    • takes everything you say to heart I.E if you say as a joke ow il have to get my manager to come and look at this work he will give u a job u will have to leave school at this rate. He will for the rest of the day get his room ready for the manager all he will talk about is the manager ask when s he coming over and over again. Get up before six to the change the room around for the manager

    • high energy

    • will go sleep late and wake up about 6 everyday

    • depends on sister ALOT

    • if sister stays out he can not deal with it is very difficult not naught just hard work and depressed

    • we recently split them up into separate rooms leo slept on the floor outside the door every night for a few weeks

    • hard to settle at night

    • has speech problems

    • wants to stay out at times but comes home 99% of the time. Told me he wants to just be at home with his family

    • addicted to counting

    • wanted to do school work everyday in holidays

    • needs consistency and routine.

    • Very sensitive, at the same time doesnt cry at the usual things but will cry at little things like a joke he will be smiling then burst into tears

    • lies

    • wont stop if you tell him to

    • watches same dvd every night for weeks on end


    leo has not got a nasty bone in his body loves being helpful from when he could walk he helped people with buggies off the bus cross at a zebra crossing trying to tell driving off or thanking them


    slow bone growth webbed eyes

    he is smallest he is going into year4 and same size as year 1

  • he is behind in everything apart from maths he is ahead in maths and addicted to counting and adding wanting to do it constantly every second of the day

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  • As far as I know, slow bone growth has nothing to do with autism.  When you say "webbed eyes" do you mean the epicanthal folds are pronounced/distinctive?

    This can be a morphological feature of autism but is by no means diagnostic and plenty of people with autism don't have this.

    There are a lot of red flags that could be signs of autism which you detail.

    Can I ask why no-one has suggested assessment before, bearing in mind all his delays with speech, toileting, walking and eating?  I would have thought the HV would have recommended getting him assessed, even if not for autism for whatever could be causing him all these issues.

    I would definitely suggest taking him to the GP and asking for immediate referral for ASD assessment, he clearly has a lot of issues that need investigating, and it could be autism, or could even be something genetic that causes autistic-like traits.

    He sounds a lovely little boy BTW.

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  • As far as I know, slow bone growth has nothing to do with autism.  When you say "webbed eyes" do you mean the epicanthal folds are pronounced/distinctive?

    This can be a morphological feature of autism but is by no means diagnostic and plenty of people with autism don't have this.

    There are a lot of red flags that could be signs of autism which you detail.

    Can I ask why no-one has suggested assessment before, bearing in mind all his delays with speech, toileting, walking and eating?  I would have thought the HV would have recommended getting him assessed, even if not for autism for whatever could be causing him all these issues.

    I would definitely suggest taking him to the GP and asking for immediate referral for ASD assessment, he clearly has a lot of issues that need investigating, and it could be autism, or could even be something genetic that causes autistic-like traits.

    He sounds a lovely little boy BTW.

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