Babies that bum shuffled!

This might seem really weird but I have read a couple of articles suggesting babies who bum shuffle instead of crawling are more likely to be autistic. I bum shuffled and didn’t walk particularly early. Just wondering if anyone else didn’t same. (by the way it’s so cute when a baby bum shuffles!) 

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  • From what I have read the slow development of motor skills is one indicator (a very vague one) but with around 80% of babies being slow to take up crawling then it is an unreliable one.

    There seems to be a wider range of issues that need to be considered to make it more or a red flag such as eye contact, gesturing and responding to their names.

    There is a good article on the subject here:

    https://www.healthline.com/health/autism/signs-of-autism-in-babies

  • I read the article. I’m trying to prepare for my assessment and gather as much information as possible. Unfortunately I can’t get much from my parents about my early years, and I’m not sure they would remember such things. But I do know I was a bum shuffler, I had terrible milk intolerance, and I didn’t walk very early. I also had terrible ‘tantrums’ and crying episodes, that I haven’t really grown out of Grimacing

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  • I read the article. I’m trying to prepare for my assessment and gather as much information as possible. Unfortunately I can’t get much from my parents about my early years, and I’m not sure they would remember such things. But I do know I was a bum shuffler, I had terrible milk intolerance, and I didn’t walk very early. I also had terrible ‘tantrums’ and crying episodes, that I haven’t really grown out of Grimacing

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