Hi there
I wanted to start this thread to ask others experiences of their little ones who went onto being diagnosed with Autism.
I have a 3 and half year old little girl who is currently on the waiting list to be seen to be assessed.
she’s quite delayed her SOGS assessment recently put her at 18 months development wise.
from a very young age around 9 months old, she never turned round when you called her name, didn’t interact with you when you played with her on the floor and avoided eye contact.
as time progressed on and she turned 2 she would never interact with other children in playgroup and would often run away and hide in cupboards, still no responding to her name, food issues started from this age, only eating plain foods, such as pasta and breaded food items. Still at this point no babbling and no speech.
as it stands now she only says one words or repetitive 2/3 word phrases sometimes in context otherwise not. She has only started calling me mummy in the last six months, first time she ever said it was six months ago.
She doesn’t understand much either maybe small instructions such as let’s go or come here, otherwise she doesn’t react or respond to anything else. She is not potty trained and is still in nappies. I cannot get her to sit down and stay in one place especially at meal times, she won’t eat a full meal and will always throw her food across the floor.
she runs around in circles or up and down and will often flap her hands, she does this monotone scream thing when she’s happy, and will have extreme melt downs when very upset, she pulls over furniture, breaks items, tries to bite herself, myself and objects.
Will take her clothes off when having an extreme meltdown, she will very rarely now turn round when her name is called. Still avoids eye contact, and won’t forge friendships in mainstream nursery.
every time she comes home will play on her own, lining up toys and will not let me or her siblings play with her toys, if her younger brother touches her toys it triggers a huge meltdown.
she does give cuddles and will sometimes give a kiss, but not often and she can pretend play in her own way. There’s more behaviours im worried about as well but I just wanted to give some context on my main concerns as I’m worried sick about her, I just want to understand her more and hear about other peoples experiences as well.