Our daughter is almost 2 and through her life we have queried Autism, I have had first hand experience of this as I have Asperger's and most of my siblings are on the Autistic spectrum also. Our daughter does not like anyone except me and my husband, she will scream if anyone in the street looks at her or talks to her, if we have visitors ( including family) she also screams at them which has been very distressing for them and I've even lost family members because of me defending her Autism and saying maybe for them not to visit or take it slowly for her. My own mother remains adament that my daughter does not have Autism and I just ' don't do enough with her' or ' I've made her like this'
It's been so challenging for me and my husband, we have tried Toddler Groups but our daughter hates them, again screaming, we were even asked to leave one group as she ' upset other children' I feel like these anxieties will never end and am very aware that preschool isn't that far away for her! Our health visitor queried Autism but then said wait until she is 2 before she is assessed in case it is her ' just being a toddler' - me and my husband know she has Autism.
Developmentally our daughter has hit most milestones except speech, she says a handful of words repeatedly and will not say anything else despite us trying, she doesn't like loud noises and flaps her arms whenever she likes something or is happy generally. She loves drawing and being creative so we encourage this at home daily, I just feel very isolated and anxious about the future. We also move into a new house soon which is a big change for her and I'm worried about the neighbours ( semi detached house) not understanding that sometimes she can be loud and her screaming obviously!
Any advice from you lovely people?