Hi, My name is Denice and I have a son aged 6.5 with HFA.
I have recently began to have some questions about my daugther aged 4.5...She has always been very shy and struggled terribly in social settings when there is an expectation on her to be involved. She is fine running around with her brother and people she knows very well, but gets upset by lots of noise or when people she is unsure of, especially children her age talk to her.
Looking back, when a toddler, if another child came up to her she would cry and couldnt cope at all.
When her birthdays in the past at aged 2 and 3 she couldnt cope with a small family party as attention was on her and an expectation to perform crippled her and she would not come out of my lap or a close grandparent.
She also seems to really struggle with differentiate between tv and reality..i.e please can we go to peppa pigs castle mummy...she really doesnt get the 'fiction' bit.
She is very literal, doesnt understand teasing and gets very upset if you say things liks, you are a monkey etc...i am not, I am a girl etc.
she is very literal, articulate speech, extrodinary memory...and appears wells beyond her years in noticing details..
The more I write...
I was starting to question whether she has aspergers>?? I know this comes out differently in girls...she LOVES her dolls and her own imaginary play with them...
Any opinions greatly respected and welcome please....
Thanks in advanced!
Denice