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Regression at the age of 4+

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Hi

My son is 4 years old &autistic.

He regressed at around 11 months, which is quite common. However, I've noticed several recent regressions, the strangest is swimming, which he really enjoys. 

However recently, for no known reason (i.e. he has not had a bad experience) he is scared to go in the water, and gets upset, its almost as though he's forgotten he enjoys it...

I'm wondering if others have experienced anything similar as I'm just looking to try to understand the switch, I've tried looking at books etc. but regression at his age isn't well documented. 

Thanks in advance.

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  • Are you absolutely sure he hasn’t had a bad experience? My daughter wasn’t performing very well in her swimming lessons and we noticed one week when some of the other children were late that her demeanour completely shifted when she saw them coming. They are very young and their behaviour was very unpredictable and they would often end up splashing her when she has sensory problems with getting a wet face. She does much better in a smaller class with slightly older children. Swimming pools are also very loud humid places which smell strongly of chlorine everywhere, it’s possible something more subtle has happened to put him off

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  • Are you absolutely sure he hasn’t had a bad experience? My daughter wasn’t performing very well in her swimming lessons and we noticed one week when some of the other children were late that her demeanour completely shifted when she saw them coming. They are very young and their behaviour was very unpredictable and they would often end up splashing her when she has sensory problems with getting a wet face. She does much better in a smaller class with slightly older children. Swimming pools are also very loud humid places which smell strongly of chlorine everywhere, it’s possible something more subtle has happened to put him off

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