Hi all!
I am new to this site and my health visitor said to be apart of this community as my little boy is 2 and currently waiting for speech and language referal due to being non verbal and showing traits of autism.
Billy shows no eye contact and does not respond to his name. We notice this when he was 13 months old and was told by friends and family it was because of covid but as a mother I just had this gut instinct.
Billy then went into focusing on one thing all the time and nothing else mattering apart from the one thing he was playing with. He then went into having difficulty socialising with other children and when another child or even a adult tried to go near him he would scream and *** out and bite ( I know biting is normal in 2 year olds) but billy would go for a certain part or the body and not just the wherever he could get to. When billy bites he tries his best to grab hold of the head and bite on the fore head.
billy doesn’t feel pain and when falling over will not cry but instead laugh it off and carry on. He has a thing at the minute for sitting oj the window sill where the radiator is but when the radiators come on he puts his feet on and as much as I discourage this he will do anything to get his feet on there!
Billy has just started tip toe walking no matter if he’s wearing shoes or not. He uses high pitch to show he is excited and uses low pitch and screaming to show he’s upset.
im new to all this but could really do with knowing how everyone experiences were whilst they was waiting for a diagnosis I know this is going to be a long process and have even considered private but know it can be expensive.
thanks everyone x
