My son is 2.7 years and I have just found out he is autistic, typical symptoms, no pointing, waving, flapping arms, no speech and understanding. Plays with wheels of toys and runs from other children. I don’t know how to deal with this. I’m finding it hard to accept, can anyone with a toddler with similar symptoms give me some positive stories please.
posyituvity: he is a lovely smiley, cheeky little boy, great eating and sleeping. Loves going for drives as he is fixated on vechicles, very mischievous, blabbers, if it wasn’t for delayed speech and not following instructions we wouldn’t have figured it out.
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Sumy · 17/03/2023 17:38
Sumy · 17/03/2023 22:05
Thank You for the post, I pray you sons flourish.
Justbecause19 · 17/03/2023 19:43
He sounds so similar to my DS who is 3.5. I will say since he turned 3 we have started to see more in terms of sensory and fussy eating. Now I would say it's more obvious he is autistic then it was a year ago. Try and surround yourself with positive information and as many positive people as possible. Also be kind to yourself, it is a lot to process. It took me a while to get where I am.
davegrohll · 17/03/2023 19:32
I didn't realise you could cure autism 🤔🙄
ppure · 17/03/2023 18:34
Not to disturb you, when my son was like this (possibly a lot worse as he didn't sleep or eat either), what I did was, I looked up what happened to older autistic children, severe - non speaking etc. I decided, no, this isn't a life - I can give him better.
Rather than having a non speaking adult child who ultimately would be cared for, forever, I found a functional medicine doctor, we tested, we treated, we uncovered the underlying causes of the symptoms. You will get told to not do this though.
There's plenty of us around.
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