I’m looking for any advice from parents that have been on the journey of diagnosis for ASD in toddlers. I believe my 18 month old has been showing signs since around 8 months old. As she’s gotten older I’ve become more concerned. I took her to our GP last week and was basically laughed away. He said “no one will give you a ASD diagnosis at 18 month” I know this might be true that she is stil too young, but I’ve read that waiting times for assessment can be up to 12months+ and that was before the pandemic. Wouldn’t it be best to get the ball rolling or am I being an over panicked parent and should I wait to see if these behaviours settle down with age?
Any advice from anyone that has been through this process would be great as at the moment I feel like my mum instinct is telling me something is there but everyone else is telling me I’m being over sensitive.
I’ll include the list of signs to see if anyone has had similar ones and got a referral/diagnosis.
Thanks!
- Flapping hands
- Opening fingers/hands when excited
- Eyes looking up and to the side a lot
- Bad balance on feet
- Very very fussy eater
- Very bad sleeper since birth
- Hardly any communication/talking- can understand some things I say but can only say mama dada yes and no
- Stacking toys, putting them in a bucket one by one
- Very neat, good fine motor skills, takes time doing something one at a time eg pouring/spooning
- Doesn’t like mess on hands
- Tantrum for over 30 minutes- crying and screaming nothing helped to calm down- throwing self back on floor
- Cries/fussy if something she doesn’t want is near her e.g food on tray, has to push it away, bottle near her
- Spinning in circles
- Recently started to cry at the other baby in the childminders care, won’t play with him or interact with him