My son is 10. He struggles with some sensory things such as strong smells, noises and discomfort and he is very squeamish generally (especially with food). He can’t deal with having multiple tasks to do at once and if something isn’t planned. Imaginative games have never been his thing and he only copes with creative writing at school by copying and changing stories he’s read. He finds it impossible to infer things from a comprehension but he does ok at English basically because he’s bright and can follow rules well (which seems to be the way they teach English these days) I.e. put in a metaphor, similar, use all five senses etc. He is not very organised and often forgets possessions for school. Gets very very stressed and anxious when late.
socially he’s ok with his friends at school but gets very uncomfortable if he doesn’t know people. But he is affectionate with parents, siblings and close family.
He clearly has some autistic traits that have become more apparent with age. AIBU to see someone to get a diagnosis or would you leave it on the basis that all kids have stuff they struggle with? Would it really benefit him to have that label if he was autistic? I doubt he’d get any help at school as he’s clever and can function educationally b