My DS is 4.10. ASD has been mentioned by a nursery that he attended and I just wanted to get some advice on here if possible.
I have noticed that he does not have much interest in interacting with other children. When he sees class mates he will say hello and seems pleased to see them but when we go to the park or other activities he seems to have no interest whatsoever in talking to or playing with the other kids. He is really happy just to play alone but he does play with his sister when at home. When we are out he will draw my attention to stuff he is doing and likes to have my involvement but is just not interested at all in other kids.
He walked early and toilet trained with no problems at all. He knows the alphabet, can count to a hundred and writes his name and a few other words. Though he absolutely hates writing. He did speak late - had only a few words by the age of two but does not seem to have any problems now. He can express when he is sad, happy, in pain etc and will seek comfort but if his younger sister hurts herself he will not try to comfort her but will if I hurt myself or am ill.
When we are talking generally he does not seem to have a problem making eye contact with me or members of the family and he will answer if spoken to directly by a member of the family. If however, we are in a shop and a stranger or shop assistant speaks to him it is though he doesnt hear them and I always have to prompt him to answer.
He never really learned to ride a trike, seemed to struggle with the co ordination required but he is learning to ride a bike now and is getting there slowly. He can hop, jump, skip etc, rides a scooter. He can use scissors and hold a pen though I have to correct him.
When he was younger he did used to repeat long stretches of dialogue from Thomas the Tank engine and various other programmes but doesnt do that anymore. He also doesnt seem to want to move on from the programmes that he has been watching since he was three - things like Max and Ruby, Lazy Town, Peppa Pig etc. DH seems to think he should be wanting to move on and watching more programmes aimed at older kids.
I am sorry this is so long but I just wondered if this sounded like ASD or anything else to anyone. He has struggled at nursery. Just didnt seem to enjoy it or fit it but the problems they had with him never seemed to match with what we knew of our child. Like it was a different child they were talking about. Does this sound like anyone elses child? Could it be ASD or something else? I just don t know what is normal. He is a bright, loving and happy little boy and I can t see anything wrong with him except for the problems his nursery seemed to have. I would be so grateful for any replies.