Ds7 had his parents' eve last night. After telling us he was doing well in all areas, she said she had noticed what she thought could be some traits of autism, and wondered if we would agree.
I said that I knew he had trouble with emotional resilience (found things going wrong very hard), had a few sensory issues around certain items of clothing, had a fairly limited list of meals he would eat etc, but nothing more obvious.
She said for them it was things like finding it hard if the planned routine for the day changed with no explanation, or if the visual timetable on the board wasn't correct he was the first to notice, not wanting to wear his jumper, noise in the classroom etc.
Neither of us have noticed any social issues.
She asked me to think about it and let her know whether we want to start an assessment process.
My feeling is that if the professionals are noticing something, there is no harm done starting a process so the support is in place should be need it in the future.
On the other hand, if any traits he has are so mild that they don't really cause many issues, and could just be personality quirks, is it necessary? Are his 'issues' likely to get worse with age?
I'm just talking it out here really, if anyone has any experience of kids having it mentioned at this kind of age? What went on to happen?