DD is nearly 3. She has a huge number of possible signs of ASD - she has an extremely limited diet and has never eaten hot food, she cannot talk, she scratches and pinches herself til she bleeds, she hates noise, won't touch anything messy (including food), retches at strong smells, can't feed herself, can't potty train because of her aversion to smell and mess, hates affection or even being touched, freaks out if anyone walks toward her, have extremely rigid routines that she cannot cope with changing etc. I went to see the GP in January and self referred to SALT. Both said I should send her to nursery to help with speech.
The referral by the GP to the paediatrician was rejected on the basis that they also require a referral from nursery. DD would absolutely detest nursery and would not cope inthe slightest. She would scream the place down and they'd presume she's clingy and needs to settle in and who knows how long she'd have to endure it before they realised it was something more.
Aibu to think that a nursery referral shouldn't be necessary and that it is cruel to insist on one?
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AlmondAmy · 06/03/2015 21:18
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