aspergers

[emmiebrookes]

ok with a little help from mummyplum i think iv go a thread thankyou x to those kind mums who replied .i only found out abot my daughters aspergers on thursday so its all a little new to me . i have no support as yet but hope to receive some soon .is there anyone else with a two year old with aspergers i could talk with would love to here form you thanks emmie xx

only a 12 year old, but he was 2 once :)
Hope someone with more recent experience comes on and chats to you .x

Just bumping for you, Emmie.

Bumping again: Glad to see you here :) Well DD (3 yrs, nearly 4) is awaiting diagnosis, but it is likely AS or HFA. Our family have always known, so it comes as no surprise to us, well maybe her dad.
You are very lucky, (well in some ways but you know what I mean) to get such a quick and early diagnosis, especially in a girl - what recommendations have been made for your daughter? Have you checked out the [www.autism.org.uk NAS] There is lots of great information on there. Where abouts in the country are you? x

I have a dd with AS, she's 7 now, we knew she had AS when she was 2 but no diagnosis until she was 4. She has changed a lot and most of her traits have vanished (her phobias and constant crying), she copes well at school (top of her class), she struggles slightly with the social side of school, she loves collecting things and she loves to argue , she is a lot easier now than when she was 2. I also have a dd2 with HFA who is now 5, she was diagnosed at the age of 3 and has more problems than dd1 (mainly with speech and language). We found the 'early bird course' was helpful and 'Tony Attwoods' books.

Dd3[8] could be very difficult at 2, she used to run away all the time, I had her on reigns till she was 4.

I couldn't vacuum or use the food blender and she used to carry around a video of her favourite tv programme.

I guess I always knew she was quirky but we didn't get a referral until she was a nightmare in reception and we still don't have a DX.

We were told by CAMHS to treat her as though she has an ASD which we now do and our lives are much less stressful.

Dd1 was nightmare from day 1, hated being picked up, would never sleep for more than 2 hours at a time, cried when people looked at her, as she got older she starrted to line up toys, get upset with change of routine and hated loud noises (vacum, lawn mower), she would refuse to walk on hard surfaces (outside), she had lots of phobias and we couldn't take her anywhere. She said her first word 'triangle' at the age of 9 months, counted to 10 by the age of 1 and was reading by the age of 2.5, she speeks like an adult using long words but only speeks in one tone (hard to explain). She now suffers from anxiety (this is her main problem now), the phobias have gone and her sleep has improved.

Marne, you could be describing how my DD has been from day 1!

Can't resist telling you that my DSs first words were square and circle, Marne. He didn't talk til he was 3, though. At 3 1/2 he was threading some beads in his SS and was astonishing the LSW by telling her sphere, cylinder and cube instead of ball or block etc. Don't you just love them?

One of DD's first word was triangle, aged 10 months! She went on to obsessively point them out much to the bemusement of some grannies on the bus :o

my son is 3 1/2 and has some traits but not others and I'm having trouble trying to decide whether it is borderline ASD (and persuing assessment for this) or shyness. also, the behaviour seems to come and go a bit which isn't what you'd expect. however, his nursery manager said she thinks it could be 'very borderline AS' but she's not sure. my MIL is a special needs teacher (secondary) and she thinks it's completely untrue - but that could just be because of her emotional attachment, and she doesn't really see him very often...

a few examples of his behaviour:

• eye contact fine, except at initial meetings with strangers
• fine with loud noises (vacuum, lawnmower, hairdryer) but doesn't particularly like handryers in public toilets
• sleeps well at night
• lots of his conversation is about things he likes such as Thomas or Octonauts, although he also talks about real life things too
• very good memory
• tantrums which can be hard to deal with but these seem to be getting better and less frequent
• strong attachment to me and a little hostile with his dad; but other strong attachments with other relations
• no best friends at nursery but does play with others to an extent
• usually does not mind some change to routine
• usually plays with toys appropriately
• some imaginative play
• strong interests but has a few interests going at once and likes to do quite a lot of different things
• can get in your personal space/be heavyhanded but this usually stops once he's been told to move away/be more gentle
• doesn't like to be told/shown what to do

confused. difficult to judge...