Don't know if I'm being paranoid but DS1 seems to be showing some worrying signs recently. As I've said before, he has dyspraxic traits but is coping well at school with an IEP and a coordination programme. Recently though, I've been noticing signs of social awkwardness - getting anxious about friendships and the playground (he's just started f/t). His speech seems to be much more hesitant and jumbled all of a sudden - he often takes ages to get his sentence out - and he often makes up a word if he can't think of the right one. He also plays elaborate fantasy games on his own, but if he tries to involve others, he doesn't really get the approach right: he'll jump right in with something like " My MD30XB is beating the lava down the mountain" and other kids just look at him blankly (or ignore him). He does this if he plays with us too - we can usually unravel what he's doing, but your average 5 year old has no chance!
He's also a bit odd in his physical approaches to other children - he does a lot of pointing to emphasise what he's saying, which can look aggressive/threatening, though he's the gentlest child in reality - don't think he's ever hit another child (not counting his brother!)
His verbal reactions to things are sometimes way over the top - eg if someone annoys him slightly he'll say something like
"I'm going to invent a machine with an electric current that will trip him up and destroy him" - or sometimes just plain odd, eg: " You are an inkerblinker and I'm going to blat you on the billyhead" (All these are real examples by the way!!)
Since starting school in Sept his sleep has been disrupted - usually takes a long time to get to sleep and often wakes in the night.
Are these common traits in someone with dyspraxia? Is he just an eccentric 5 year old with an over-active imagination and a large, if imprecise vocabulary? Or is he showing symptoms of AS (which tbh is my worst fear)?