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16 month grand-daughter and my concerns

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Well, concerns is too strong a word really.

I hope this is the right place to post and hopefully I can get some guidance / advice if possible.

My grand daughter is 16 months old and I have noticed a few things that got me thinking that there was something going on. If I comment on what I have noticed I would love for comments and guidance. I have tried reading up on Autism and she does exhibit a few traits

When she was a smaller baby, she used to babble quite a lot and interact a lot more with everyone, now at 16 months she is pretty much silent and goes around the house in "her own world" for instance she loves small ornaments, so when she comes to our (grand parents home) she will find all the ornaments at her level and play with them. She loves pens, so will grab two or three pens at once and if given paper scribble on them (as well as put them in her mouth).

She ignores most people, you call her name and she ignores you unless she wants you lol.

She does love cuddles and hugs, but only from either me (her granddad) or her mother - other people she fights to get away from.

She does watch TV (probably too much if i'm being honest) but will sit quietly and watch Shrek (for instance). She does get involved, for instance she will get up and dance along to the scenes with songs in, mimicking them (eg spinning around when they do).

She doesn't really say any words now, maybe "mum" every so often.

She walked from 10 months very well.

She does enjoy things like peek a bo and will play with her toys, it's just the silence that is un-nerving. I know that her mum talks to her constantly about innane stuff usually, and I talk all the time to her about anything and everything, but she doesn't seem to pick it up.

I was thinking maybe she was a bit deaf, but if I hide my phone, but start peppa pig playing on there, even very very low, she hears it and gets interested.

Is there anywhere I can take her for a checkup - I don't mind paying private to speed it up.

I am sure there are more, but nothing springs to mind, and I don't want to bombard you all either. If you are still reading this, thanks and (in advance) thanks for any help or advice

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  • Hello

    i tried to reply to you last night but it doesn’t appear to have worked. 

    Everything I have just read is exactly like my little boy he is two and a half now and I pushed for his early two year assessment because of my concerns. The health visitor felt my concerns were justified and referred him to our local child development centre where he had his initial assessment on 5 Sept. So this is very current for me.

    We were told that autism is definitely a likely outcome from what they had observed. We are now awaiting a hearing test which is standard when a child doesn’t speak apparently and then a paediatrician appointment to look to diagnose however they told us this would be in a year they’d look to diagnose him. 

    I an sorry if that is not what you wanted to read I just wanted to be honest and only advice I can give is speak to the parents and get them to shout up and share their concerns with health visitor. Early the help gets in place the better. 

    We have started private speech therapy and in her professional opinion my son is autistic we just don’t have it statemented on paper yet. 

    Happy to talk anytime. 

    Julie

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  • Hello

    i tried to reply to you last night but it doesn’t appear to have worked. 

    Everything I have just read is exactly like my little boy he is two and a half now and I pushed for his early two year assessment because of my concerns. The health visitor felt my concerns were justified and referred him to our local child development centre where he had his initial assessment on 5 Sept. So this is very current for me.

    We were told that autism is definitely a likely outcome from what they had observed. We are now awaiting a hearing test which is standard when a child doesn’t speak apparently and then a paediatrician appointment to look to diagnose however they told us this would be in a year they’d look to diagnose him. 

    I an sorry if that is not what you wanted to read I just wanted to be honest and only advice I can give is speak to the parents and get them to shout up and share their concerns with health visitor. Early the help gets in place the better. 

    We have started private speech therapy and in her professional opinion my son is autistic we just don’t have it statemented on paper yet. 

    Happy to talk anytime. 

    Julie

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