My son has just turnt 5. From the age of 2 he has been stimming. At first I kind of turnt a blind eye to it until one day his nursery called me in and said they noticed it. Until he was 4 I kind of thought it was a phase until he started school nursery and they called me in and mentioned it. He was then referred for an assessment. They said they weren't concerned and discharged him. Since then it has got progressively worse. He is constantly stimming. Today for instance I would say he was stimming the whole day. He will make this buzzing noise and clap his hands whilst pacing up and down. I've spoken to him about it and all he said is he likes to do it . It's like he goes in a trance and just can't stop. He is now in reception at school and the SEN teacher there has requested for another assessment but told me it could take years. I don't know what do I'm massively struggling with it. His speech is amazing and he is very intelligent but the stimming has just became out of control. He also has terrible melt downs like terrible where he can become quite violent. I have 2 other children. My partner works full time and doesn't seem to understand how hard I'm finding it at the moment. I just don't know how to help him and deal with it.