DS is number obsessed

[MaeveMabel]

He’s 4 years old and we’re looking at a possible ASD assessment, but currently he’s not meeting criteria as his language is very advanced, he smiles, makes eye contact, meets his milestones etc.

But he gets these obsessions/fixations that last a few weeks and he can’t talk about anything else.
Currently it’s numbers. I don’t just mean counting, but he’s taught himself the square numbers through numberblocks and DP (his dad) has been telling him the square root numbers when he’s asked him (he’s a maths brain and I’m not).

Tonight he wrote out all the square numbers and square roots next to them.
The morning he wrote the 100 times table and wanted me to look up on my phone a number with ninety zeros.

His grandparents and dad just think he’s clever! They scoff at any mention of autism or neurodiversity.
I think they just see him as a child genius. But it’s driving me insane and everything is about numbers, surely that’s not right?!

My son was obsessed by numbers while at nursery. He would paint 149 constantly (prior to that it was rainbows).
He hit all the usual milestones bang on: talking, walking, height etc. But he had a lot of melt downs and was very black and white in his thinking, conversation could be very one sided.

He was diagnosed ASD (Aspergers) at 10. In terms of emotional maturity, seen as 3 years behind peers, which strained friendships.
He's 15 now. Loves maths and science still but more interested in Minecraft and you tube now. He goes to a grammar school and has made good friends.

Your son sounds gifted. Maybe he has ASD but whatever diagnosis if any, he's still the same person.

How he is doing now, OP? I have a 4 year old that sounds extremely similar! I thought he was ASD but he's currently going through an assessment and was told today it's unlikely he is ASD (though thinks likely ADHD).