i Have thought my son is autistic since he was younger but listened to others who said he’s too clever To be autistic I feel terrible for not doing sooner but I’m filling out a doctors form tomorrow to start it all off
he is very clever but there’s lots of things that he does which make me think he is
- Biting finger when angry and growling - leaving mark on his finger
- Lining up toys, chairs, anything in particular way
- Building up toys but not actually playing with them
- Flapping fingers by eyes, clicking and clapping, clicking fingers
- Biting nails - so so so short!
- High pitched noises - especially police siren noises. Singing lines from songs
- Rarely drink anything unless we remind him to - doesn’t drink a lot at school but he drinks lots when home as we remind him to
- Gets angry at our younger daughter (4 year old) when she wants to play but not the way he wants - he will growl/hiss at her.
- Very keen interest in cars, trains and aeroplanes, number plates and numbers - maths his fav subject
- Won’t make a conversation with people -
- Very anxious about new things, people, places - very upset stomach if stressed about something
- Playing with toys the same every single time
- Not liking certain foods as too soft - prefers crunchy food
- Sleeping poorly - taking ages to fall asleep and waking at 4ish ad not getting back to sleep
im actually just after some advice about how a diagnosis will change things and some advice on sleep!! don’t want him to get older and really struggle and wish I’d done it sooner. I already feel so bad I haven’t done it sooner so please no nasty comments. Also what do I say to doctor to make me not seem just a crazy woman. I have plenty of pictures and videos but feel they won’t take me seriously because he is clever??
