She is 38 And my mum is her full time carer. She was diagnosed with “global development delay” when she was 4, didn’t talk until after this, and only crawled up to this point.
She can talk but obviously her language is limited in that she can’t have an in depth conversation, it’s more like hello, yes/no, do you like my hair etc. She can write her name but it is very childish, like a toddlers writing. She cannot bath herself, make herself food, go out alone, can’t ride a bike, swim etc, she would walk off with a stranger if they said they had some dvds for her. She has special interests which are dvds and certain musicians and actors. She struggles with eye contact too, sometimes has vocal tics.
She can become aggressive if she is upset, she will launch herself onto my mum, any partners of my mums, family members, she wouldn’t do it to a stranger. Then she cries and demands we shake hands to be friends again. I think she is autistic like much of my family who have asd and adhd. Does anyone know why she gets aggressive sometimes ?
I’ve been reading about there potentially being a new diagnosis of profound autism and I think my sister fits the criteria. It specifically mentions aggressiveness and limited language and low IQ.
Is there any way of getting her reassessed now? When she was diagnosed we didn’t know much about these spectrum disorders and I think we could be told much more now.