Autism or normal toddler behaviour?

[Rudyru]

Hello everyone, my daughter is 2, and we have been referred for an autism evaluation for her by our GP because of a list of behaviours that point to possible autism (would not be surprising, myself, her dad, my mom, and my brother are all diagnosed autistic). The GP has told us it's gonna be a long time (maybe years) before we finally get an appointment for the assessment, and they said in the meantime we should keep a running list of behaviours that may be relevant. But it's very difficult for me to tell whether a behaviour could be autism or if it's just normal toddler behaviour? The specific thing I'm wondering about is these "rituals" my daughter has. There are many things she does that must happen in a certain way, and if they don't she gets very distressed. If she wants to dance, it must be only 1 specific song, and she must be wearing a specific hat when she's dancing. If we're having ice-cream, we must read this one line from this one book over and over again (about the book character having ice-cream) while we're having the ice-cream. There's many more examples, but I feel like these convey the concept of what I mean. This is my first child so I don't know whether this is just typical toddler behaviour, or if I should add it to the list of things we should bring up whenever the assessment happens.

[valensiwalensi]

Yes I would add it. Standalone can be normal development but combined with others forms a picture.

just a reminder that you do not need a diagnosis to receive support!