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World Autism Awareness Day

World Autism Awareness Day

Randall Flagg said:
No worries. Anything beyond 12 months and you have every right to see a specialist if you have concerns. You know your child better than anyone so never let a GP talk you out of something or make you question your judgement. It's a slow and arduous process in getting a diagnosis and the sooner you can start the ball rolling to finding out whether you need one the better.
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If you don’t mind me asking, what sort of signs and signals did you get with your son? Just so I can maybe look for similar things.

She flaps her hands, rocks back and forth on her hands and knees when crawling. The main one is throwing herself backwards against the sofa or when shes sat in her high chair.
Looked on Youtube, and a little boy who is autistic did a fair few of the things my daughter does now.
Hoping the GP on Wednesday will lead us in the right direction.
 
Double J said:
Shes a happy little girl though.
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And that's all you can hope for pal. My little'un showed some tendencies at an early age (including the throwing himself back in his high chair) but has grown out of a lot of them now (he's nearly 3 now). My sister in law has twins and one of them was walking before the other could stand up, but then that one was running before the one who could walk first could, so it's difficult to judge development as kids just develop at different places. I hope you're not waiting too long for your diagnosis, but looks like there's a great network of support on here either way.
 
Double J said:
If you don’t mind me asking, what sort of signs and signals did you get with your son? Just so I can maybe look for similar things.

She flaps her hands, rocks back and forth on her hands and knees when crawling. The main one is throwing herself backwards against the sofa or when shes sat in her high chair.
Looked on Youtube, and a little boy who is autistic did a fair few of the things my daughter does now.
Hoping the GP on Wednesday will lead us in the right direction.
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No worries. Big ones for us were;

Not responding to name

Not following our hand when we pointed at something and not pointing himself.

Hand flapping and his body almost going rigid when excited

Lack of eye contact as he got older. Got plenty as a baby.

All this being said, there is no sure fire set of symptoms or acid test. There can be more, there can be less. As I mentioned, it's following your gut. You will just know in some cases.
 
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Randall Flagg said:
No worries. Big ones for us were;

Not responding to name

Not following our hand when we pointed at something and not pointing himself.

Hand flapping and his body almost going rigid when excited

Lack of eye contact as he got older. Got plenty as a baby.
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Thank you for that. Im trying to notice things more, but feel like Im trying hard to find things that aren’t there.

Thanks for responding though, glad your son is getting the attention he needs at his school.

Cheers all
 
Michael said:
And that's all you can hope for pal. My little'un showed some tendencies at an early age (including the throwing himself back in his high chair) but has grown out of a lot of them now (he's nearly 3 now). My sister in law has twins and one of them was walking before the other could stand up, but then that one was running before the one who could walk first could, so it's difficult to judge development as kids just develop at different places. I hope you're not waiting too long for your diagnosis, but looks like there's a great network of support on here either way.
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Some response. I wasn’t expecting as many replies as i got, was a bit sceptical about posting at first but glad I did.

Thanks all
 
Some great advice on here.
I would echo the sentiments that you as parents ultimately know your daughter best and also that you push for the right diagnosis and support.

I would also though make the point that it needs to be the right diagnosis and support. It is really early days and there are lots of factors that can contribute to how a child interacts and behaves at this stage.

As you’ll be aware the Autism diagnosis involves having difficulties in a wide range of areas. The skills in lots of these areas though don’t develop for any child until they are a bit older than your daughter is just now. So it would be extremely difficult to know for certain at her age.

All the best for the appointment 👍
 
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