Ive jumped in and posted in a few threads, then realised ive not introduced myself.
Im Hayley, i have a daughter who is 6 and has asd. The main problem that came up was her speech then to find out she just didnt understand anything, or even respond to her name.
She was diagnosed at 3 1/2 which was the age she started to say her first words, she has a huge vocab now but putting the words together in a sentence she finds difficult, but she reads well above her age, she also has sensory problems, noise and touch mostly.
Then we have my son he is 3, delayed speech (altho easier to understand than my daughter) he does have understanding, he is very clumsy, hyper, mixes up words easily like calling me dad, its seems to take him ages to learn things, he cant wait for anything, he loves people and will hug/hold hands with strangers, very touchy feely child.
He was tested for asd while he does score they want to do it again in 9 months, i dont think he has asd, hes not had a normal upbringing as his sister doesnt like him at all (having one child who like to be all over you and one who wants to be left alone, not a good mix) so she attacks him all the time, but i do feel like there could be somthing there, he will deffo need extra help in school which he has had his IEP so luckly at nursery he is getting help, im hopeing he will just catch up and alot could be infulenced by his sister. But who knows.
Thats my essay, looking forward to getting to know everyone.