My daughter's supsected of having autism and is on the asd pathway?
We had her portage worker came round for the first session, DD was in a good, friendly mood... so she cooperated on her terms (as always) but she completed the games and only had 3 tantrums in the hour.
During the visit i mentioned my nephew who has asd and would be considered low functioning. The portage worker then told me that her colleague has worked with my nephew and from what she's heard my daughter and nephew are very different, they are but its more of a severity issue, they have the same type of behaviours but DD can speak (has a great single word vocabulary) and she's not as disruptive.
When leaving she said if DD is autistic, she'll be on the high end of the scale, saying she'll be classed high functioning.
I want what's best for my daughter and for her to be able to do just as much as any othe child, and that's why I feel like an assumption can't be made on an hour with her...
She has good days where she might only scream a few times and is wanting to read books with us and follows simple instructions.
Then she has days where she will sit outside alone all day tipping water between cups, refusing to eat, drink or be cleaned and headbutting the floor if i try offer anything, ignoring everything we say, biting and scratching us when we have to move her.
There's days she wont do anything but sleep, and apparently it isnt a cause for concern because she is sleeping, but she can sleep 18 hour nights and go back for a 2 hour nap.
Im stuck feeling like am i a terrible parent who just control my child because nobody seems to see the rest of what she does. Or doesnt think that the behaviour is concerning.
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