This may sound sillly but I would love to know if anyone else has the same experience with their 5 or 6yr old.
Just for a bit of background info, my son has just turned 6 (August baby therefore youngest in class and struggles a bit compared with the majority) and when he was in nursery the teachers thought he may be autistic because of social interacting problems, they also suggested he see a speech therapist as in their opinion (not mine) he had problems in that area. Needless to say we had appointments at hospital and were told he was not autistic but had a severe separation anxiety (his dad and I split when he was a baby so it's been us on our own since then). Also no problems at all according to speech therapist.
During year 1 at school his teacher expresed concern with his concentration, ability to follow instructions and general organisation of his belongings. I agreed with some of that but thought he is the youngest in the class and will sort himself out in time.
Anyway, the autism aspect is always in the back of my mind and when he does odd things I cant help wondering if he does have a very mild case of autism as I know the spectrum is huge.
I am getting concerned as he does take things totally literally, has no concept of sarcasm, doesnt understand jokes and will ask the same question sometimes on the same day time and time again but cant remember what ive answered him with. For example this evening he was twiddling my hair but got carried away and pulled it too hard, I told him not to as it hurt. 5 mins later exactly the same thing. 10 mins later same again. He looked genuinely surprised when I pointed out I'd already told him not to do it a couple of times before.
Im torn between it being straightforward 6yr old 'not listening cos Im engrossed in what I'm doing' and 'yes I can hear you but Im choosing to ignore you' or something I need to be concerned about.
Can anyone relate to any of this or am I just worrying for the sake of it?!
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Help! Amongst other things, my 6yr old takes things very literally and is oblivious to sarcasm or play on words - is this normal?
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SingleMumof1 · 20/08/2011 19:42
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