My son is 8 years old and for a while now I’ve thought he has autism. There are many things over the past few years that have led me to think this. His dislike of loud noises, smells and the feel of certain things. He struggles in social situations to the point where we have been unable to go places due to this. More so in lockdown. Has struggled to see friends/family and broken down because of this. He sometimes ends up in tears where he’s sobbing but can never tell me why and it’s hard to get him back. Hes recently started making random noises such as growling. School say he’s fine and as far as I know they don’t notice all of these things. Is he just masking? Am I being dramatic thinking he is on the spectrum? I’ve taken him to our local children’s centre and he saw a worker for a few weeks and she was swaying towards anxiety but then she stopped seeing him. Do I go down the road of getting him assessed somewhere down the line? He doesn’t obviously show traits and they are mainly at home so I feel like I would have a big fight on my hands and do I want to put him through it or do I just accept it and we carry on as we are? Sorry for the long post!
