I’m new, I have 5 children, my 7 year old has ASD and was diagnosed at 3, he saw the paediatrician aged 19 months and started assessments from then. I knew very early on that there was something different about him- even as early as 4 months old he wouldn’t give any eye contact, no shared engagement etc and then as he grew , more signs became obvious so I reached out to my HV at 14 months & she said he was quite delayed so referred us to a paediatrician .
Anyway he is now 7 and has ongoing support which is good and positive.
However in the past couple of weeks I’ve become concerned about my 7.5 month old, she spends a lot of time flexing her fingers in front of her eyes, and rotating her wrists infront of her face, look out the corner of her eyes. She doesn’t respond to her name yet. She does smile. And I have this gut instinct , just like I did with my other child.
Has anybody had a similar experience with their children? I’ve not reached out to the HV yet as she’s still so young.
Hi this is my first post on here but what you have mentioned about your daughter is exactly what we had with our youngest son. He has hand flapped since he was 6 months old and like you I had a gut feeling. He is now 3 and we are at the start of our autism journey. I would get your HV on board it may be nothing at all and something just common to her. My HV has been amazing I hope you get your answers. All the very best
You may like to contact our Parent to Parent service who offers emotional support to parents and carers of children or adults with autism. This service is confidential and run by trained parent volunteers who are all parents themselves of a child or adult with autism .
You contact the team on 0808 800 4106. Please leave a message and the team will call you back as soon as possible at a time that suits you, including evenings and weekends. Alternatively you can use contact the team via web form: https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/parent-to-parent/enquiry.aspx
