Hi all, I'm after some advice about some of my daughter's behaviours. She's a wonderful, happy child aged 4, starting school in September.
I should add that I'm going through an autism and ADHD assessment and her Dad is diagnosed as having ADHD.
I guess the advice I'm looking for is from parents who might have seen similar signs in their children and what process you followed.
Some of the things I've noticed are:
- an obsession with novelty headbands (currently Bluey ears) to the point where she will get out of bed to put them on and fall asleep wearing them.
- I would class it as stimming, clicking her tongue, snapping her fingers.
- She's not able to keep still, every meal time involves her getting up to dance or jump around.
- Her nursery providers have told me she struggles to calm down at the end of the day when others are having calm time.
- When I give an instruction like 'can you tidy up' it involves a meltdown and she asks for me to tell her what to do first and she needs steps to follow.
I know that when you start researching symptoms of autism and and ADHD, you see it everywhere, so I'm reaching out to get an outside opinion.