ruth griffiths

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hey i was wondering if anybody has children that have been reffered for this test ( ruth griffiths). my daughter is 2 and a half , ive been naggin the hv telling her my concerns about my child. she dosent use words apart from bye bye, she carnt run or ride trucks or play, she is still interested in toys for babies age 9 months or so, she stares into space alot and will not use eye contact what so ever, she carnt tell me shes hungry or tired or anything, i had a referal through for this test does anyknow what happens with the results or where it goes from there? my hv made me me think i was being hypocondriact about it untill she saw tht my daughter dosent even address me as mum as she dosent understand. is this normal?? im so worried :(

Don't worry about the test, it is quite a common one.They are asked to do little puzzles, identify objects etc and they ask lots of development questions and take a full history.(my son was not very cooperative) My son had it at about 2.6 yrs, he wasn't using any words and didn't play with age appropriate toys etc. The results showed that he had global development delay with many autistic traits that are now being followed up and we are awaiting / expecting a diagnosis of ASD soon.

My son was also referred for hearing tests because of his lack of speech, his hearing is normal but they have to check.

my ds also had it too. not big thing, but they write a report about where the child is in relation to different areas, it was useful in making them recognise ds really did have issues, and I wasn't imagining it.
(ds has learning disabilities, and later diagnosis for ASD.)

Don't worry about the test, it's not very intrusive and the results can be really useful.