Dd has an assessment on monday for SALT as part of a wider process for ASD.
Half the time I think she is and then half the time I think she isnt but then I wrote all my concerns down and had three full sides of a4 when typed :/
she is 2.5 and here are my biggest worries:
*she never clapped, gestured, babbled, waved or pointed until 18 months. she never had seperation anxiety, she never cared if someone left or entered
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she had about 50 words this time last year and then lost all except maybe three and is now back up to about 30. in the last fortnight she has just started using two words together
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If baby brother or I are obviously crying she doesnt notice and if she hurts him or I she laughs
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she bolts, massively and comstantly its horrendous
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she head bangs, against walls during extreme meltdowns or she will pick a hard object up and hit her head with it. wven when she is calm of there is something behind her she bangs her head and if we are holding hands she will bang her head into my hand.
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constantly makes herself fall with no concept of safety
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absolutely no stranger awareness she bolted in a shop the other day and i caught up to her in a strangers arms wanting to go with her
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hates being restrained
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weird repetitive noise she makes
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licks and sucks anything remotely wet
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very aggressive
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sleep is horrendous
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her play seems very limited to what I have taught her. lines things up constantky and always has had an obsession with putting things in boxes and bags
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also obsessed with taking things off: clothes off her dolls, stickers on any surface, wont allow plasters on her skin, anything that can be taken apart is
however
she is incredibly friendly and cuddly, will cuddle anyone possible
her eye contact seems ok to me
she seems incredibly happy
she is incredibly intelligent, scarily so
wish there was a definitive answer