DS is 4yo. He's pretty intelligent, asks loads of questions, enjoys numbers and jigsaws (100 piece at the moment), not at school yet but can read fairly long words. He enjoys audiobooks and knows books which are 100s of pages long off by heart. One to one he can be a delight.
He is ok socially, had a bit of trouble with listening at nursery but back on track now. I think he's completely ready for school academically and a bit bored of nursery.
But he is very fixed and rigid in his thinking. Once he gets something in his mind he finds it difficult to change path.
But he's ok with day to day change.
He can have meltdowns about not getting his own way. He fell apart today on 2 occasions. Firstly, he couldn't buy something from a fancy gallery of expensive items which were completely inappropriate for a 4yo (he gets very overwhelmed in shops) and secondly, we had some cake in the bag for the afternoon and he couldn't get it out of his mind. Both resulted in 30 minutes of sobbing. Most days out have some disaster which I think comes from fixed thinking.
I'm starting to wonder whether there might be something else at play. Socially he doesn't show the typical signs of ASD but I wonder whether it might be something that should be explored. Any family members / friends would look at me like I have 2 heads if I suggested this!