Long time lurker of MN and posting here for traffic as I'm worried.
The nursery my son goes to recently mentioned that my son walks on his tip toes a lot, I didn't think anything of it but I just googled and this can be a sign of Autism, he has a few other symptoms as well but I thought these were just behaviours a toddler displayed anyway.
So as not to drip feed I'll try and give as much detail as possible, my son is 20 months old and has been saying a few words and seems to have a really good relationship with everyone he comes to close contact with regularly, he's a bit unsure of other children to start with but soon gets on with things.
The nursery also mentioned that he gets upset when his key worker leaves the room as he is closer to her than the others.
DS also spins around in circles and laughs and is quite clumsy and he doesn't seem to have any concept of danger or body limitations (I.e just keeps knocking into things and climbing on things) (apparently these are more signs of autistic behaviour)
I just thought he was being a little boy and was just a late starter speech wise but now I'm worried about a possible autism diagnosis about how I'd cope, I've spoken to a few mums who have autistic children and they are physically and mentally exhausted and I'm not sure how I could cope.
I'm sorry if this comes across like I wouldn't want an autistic child because I love him to the moon and back and I would never love him less because of a diagnosis but I just worry about how well I could cope.
Does anyone else have any experiences with this kind of behaviour?
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FindingDory11 · 24/04/2017 11:55
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