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ANyone with an autistic child want to chat?
Hiya, im new to this website and this is my first post!! My little boy is 2 yrs 3 months old and recently been diagnosed autistic. just wondering if anyone else is in a similar boat and wants to email, msn or anything as it would be nice to chat top people who know what im going through. my email is jenniferault@btinternet.com if anyone wants to get in touch
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i had never had dvm mentioned to me either. Ive just got one one child, Ben has been different for quite some time now, in hindsight i can see differences when he was just a few months old but i started actually noticing it at about a year.
hope you and your lo are doing well
Sorry this turned into such a long post, just wanted to let you know that you're not alone! It seems silly, i live in essex, and really wanted to take my son to some sort of mother and toddler group or something especially for people who are going through the same thing, but i cant find a single one! Its annoying that so many parents have to struggle through alone when there are so many of us dealing with this x
He has had tons of asessments with them on his speech and types of play and his hearing and the results I have gotten are.
He can hear. His speach and understanding of speech are at 21 months. He has difficulty with his imaginitive play.
I kept bringing up with them I suspected Autism but they kept telling me he is alright. How is he alright when his speech and understanding is at 21 months. I also can not potty train him because if by luck he does go he does not understand that the reward is for what he has done. I find generally he does not understand consequences for actions. To be more specific He does not understand if he gets in trouble for something its because of what he did nor does he understand if we praise him its because he did something right. We had his hearing checked because sometimes when I am talking to him especially if I am trying to tell him to stop doing something. I can get louder and luder and he totally ignores me. He does strange things sometimes too he has started now taking his clothes off all the time no matter where he is. I would think by the time you are 4 you get a little more modest than that. Needless to say I think I have the evdence that everything is not alright and I am so frustrated with parenting him. I thought I would post this here where there are parents of autistic kids to see what you guys think. So let me know do you think my son may be autistic?
Hello all,
I now this post is quite old but I hope you can reply to me with your experiences.
my son is now 8 week old. He does not look at faces and dont track objects. he smiles and coos but not looking at me.
he does not look at me in the eye when brestfeeding either.
Can you please let me know if this was the case for your children when they were babies and if I should be concerned about autism?
Also, please advise on the MMR jab. What do you suggest to do, I haven't taken them yet.
Thanks,
Hi, I have 2 DDs. My eldest has ASD. As she was my first I didn't truly appreciate she was 'different' until my youngest was born & there were noticeable differences.
My eldest had largely relied upon being held & walked around to fall asleep whilst youngest would settle herself more readily, my eldest had been more placid whilst being changed (she just lay still upon the mat & let me change her) whilst my youngest kicked & wiggled, my eldest had been fascinated by turning toys over & 'studying' them to see how they worked whilst my youngest had more favourites that she would play with, my eldest had disliked certain noises & would look to turn off the cause whilst my youngest seemed less bothered.....
The real acknowledgement came when DD1 was about 2.5yrs old & started going into 'meltdowns' akin to 'panic attack' when DH returned from work & didn't pick her up straight away. She would become hysterical in floods of tears, she would be hyperventilating with her frustration & she could even make her nose bleed with the distress she got herself into. We notified our HV who in turn referred us onto Paediatrics & the process moved forwards until we got our confirmed diagnosis 1yr later.
On the whole she is a happy, highly affectionate young lady but she has virtually no speech (just random babble) & so we communicate via 'Objects for Reference' (she doesn't yet understand Makaton & currently sees PECs as a 'sensory stimulation' rather than a means to communicate). She loves smelling things & can often be found smelling hair, clothes & random items. She loves 'Pika' for sensory stimulation. She does get frustrated when she can't make her needs/wants known & will occasionally get spiteful with this (Biting, Kicking, Head Butting, Pinching, Hitting, Pushing/Pulling) but is improving with time.