IsabelWatchingItRainInMacondo ·
16/07/2007 11:38
I have always have some concerns about DS's development which his recent pre-school report confirmed. I understand that SID, Dyspraxia, Apergers and Autism share some of the symptoms between them, which furthers my confusions. I would be grateful if somebody could please give me a hint of where to start. Unfortunately, our experience of the NHS regarding his allergy problems has mostly thought us that we can not expect them to take prompt action (testing for peanut allergy after a reaction took 18m to materialise!). So, although I will speak to my GP, I would like to know if I can start doing something at home to help DS, who is 4.5 yrs old, a bit while we get professional help.
It would take hours to tell DS med history so, will try to sumarise:
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He was so distressed about certain textures that he wouldn't place his hands on his food, it took him a year to hold a piece of toast, therefore he learned to eat with a spoon from quite an early age, but now, 4 years later, he finds it very tricky, he is eating almost everything with his hands now (even spaguetti!). He was also very distressed about his feet getting near to sand (but OK now), etc. But OK with clothes.
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A massive history of food allergies, it has been suggested to us that he has a leaky gut.
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He went into cruising without preceding crawling. But after a few months forgot about the cruising and then spent months crawling. He was a late walker. At 2.5 he had the movements of a 1.5 yr old.
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After removing milk from his diet being nearly 3 yrs old, he become very active, he has done a lot of catch up in terms of mobility but still has plenty of problems with balance, jumping, running, etc. He's so prone to accidents I'm even getting a bit concerned about some one calling SS . However, we have also seen that since removing milk his attention span has deteriorated GREATLY.
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He became very aggresive in the first days of removing wheat, then was fine. We have re introduced soya and fish recently, perhaps it is unrelated, but he seems to have more difficulty to focus, is restless and has become very very challenging.
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He finds it very difficult to warm up to children, although he's fine with adults. He certainly doesn't realise when he is being bullied (it's all a game in his eyes ) but it is quite good at identifying when some one is sad, worried or angry.
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He gets paralised at new situations.
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Won't join in music, dancing, exercise and other activities in school. But he keeps singing and dancing, all the things he didn't some hours earlier, when he is at home or thinks nobody is around.
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And finally... we have a family history of allergies, autism, and possibly aspergers and dyspraxia (undiagnosed but most of the immediate family seem to fit the bill for either one...which brings the point, it may be a family's characteristic but if I could do something to avoid DS some of the bad time we had during our childhood, I will
Many thanks for reading all this. Any comments are greatly appreciated.