Hi, not too sure if anyone can help my 5 year old is still waiting to be seen for a diagnosis, having so many trouble trying to get someone to listen to me to give me advice, there are many signs that are leading me to believe my son is on the autistic spectrum, but one thing I'm having great difficulty with at the minute is sleep, he just never seems to be tired, at night he won't sleep until 11-12 at night wakes up in the middle of the night, then falls asleep around half 5 6. All agencies involved i.e. Speech And language, teachers, senco and Homestart all have suggested no tv, games consoles we have done this along with set routines, taking him park etc for run about to burn energy after school and snack and milk but he still doesn't settle, and is still running around...the only way he does actually settle is if he is watching tv or on his game, he won't fall asleep until gone half 11 but he actually sleeps through. I was just wondering ahs anybody else been through this, or maybe some new ideas please. we are at the point now where me and my partner are disagreeing because he's trying to do what the agencies are telling us and I'm like no he gets up more. We have been doctors who gave us medication but he had an allergic reaction And I don't really want to be going down medicine route.
