I've been worried my dd(9) has aspergers for a while. I've put it down to lots of reasons and no one else, including teachers etc have ever had any worries about her.
As she's getting older little things she does are becoming more apparent and I'm starting to get really worried and upset about it all.
Ice wrote down as much as I can think if that gives an overview of her personality.
Any thoughts on this or any advice at all is greatly appreciated.
● Picks up habits easily and it's hard for her to stop doing it. E.g. finger clicking.
● She sticks her tongue out when doing simple things e.g opening a door
● Doesn't understand what is going on in films or tv programmes, even simple jokes pass her by (I'm constantly having to pause and explain)
● She's extremely anxious e.g. she won't jump off a raised platform, getting on an escalator or riding her bike down a curb. Although she goes on rollercoasters that I won t go on.
She seems to struggle with things when she is in control.
● Asks silly questions like "are we on a motorway" when it's clear we're on a motorway.
● She was late walking (15 months) but when she did walk, she did it perfectly. She spoke at 6 months. (Mama, dada, who's that?) But then no more words till she was almost 2. After which she had an amazing vocabulary and spoke better than all children her age.
● She has a funny run and appears to be rigid and stiff.
● She is doing well at school, recent assessments revealed she is broadly average, maybe a tiny bit above average.
● She's very emotional. If her sister upsets her she screams, wails and cries like she is being murdered. She doesn't seem to know how to deal with her emotions or situations.
● She doesn't seem to have any common sense.
● She has lots of friends and seems to make friends easily wherever she goes.