Autistic toddler!

[Sumy]

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.
emotional mum!

Hopefully @ppure isn't talking about chelation because that can be very dangerous.

Two of my 4 children are diagnosed autistic and I also am. I was diagnosed at 37. My oldest daughter has very high care needs. One thing that I would change if I could is to have put her into residential school earlier than 14. She was much, much happier in residential school. But everyone's story is different.

The whole thing is a very big learning curve. It would have helped me to understand how stressful the world was for my autistic children.
As it also had been for me as a child.

OP, have you applied for your son to have an ECHP?

Yes, definitely apply for DLA and if they refuse your claim make sure you appeal because they often turn down claims because they don't want to pay out.

I think from memory their were pieces about using echolalia to develop language e.g. if he struggles to express his feelings you might name them for him so he can use echolalia. For example if you can see he is really excited about a parade instead of saying "oh you are very excited" you might say "I am so excited about the parade" so he can echo you....if your child is very echolalic then looking up Gestalt Language Processing might help too. My boy is definitetly a Gestalt language learner and understanding that really helps.

sorey to hear about your daughter. We are on the process for an ehcp.

Hi everyone,

god I’m having such a xxxx day. Mum to 3 kids . 9,3,1 and my 3 year old is autistic and non-verbal. It’s so hard I had a complete melt down over someone else’s push along bike today. Screaming the lot. And then pushin his brother over whilst in his hair chair this morning. And he is now chasing the dog and being horrible to her too. Feel a failure today . So hard I try so hard and get what he needs ect and the no understanding is so stressful.