Is your child’s autism worse some weeks than others

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Does your child seem to go through calm spells for anywhere from a few days to a few weeks and then you seem to have times where it’s meltdown after meltdown.

Yes. For us it's stress-related. After school holidays and end of term, our son has more struggles with transitioning from one task to the next. Out son's meltdowns are fairly mild I think, but he explains it well "my head is so full of the changes/ so tired, that I can't think about how to do the next thing". Does this help? Sometimes he goes for several weeks and seems much happier. He also "stims" more at these times.

I noticed I dreaded some school holidays as end of term is so hard. But my fears are unfounded as he finds these easier. I know some children are the opposite and prefer the structure of term-time.

This sounds so much like my little girl. She tells me “mummy it’s going away” 😭 and then the next week its back with a vengeance. She hasn’t been diagnosed yet but is so scared of not being believed 😭 She tells me she just wants her brain to stop but it won’t. 😭

It isn’t uncommon for DC to present differently at different times depending on lots and lots of factors such as the sensory environment, anxiety, season, clocks changing, other events going on (birthdays, transitions, Christmas, Easter, holiday, parents’ busy schedules)…

This is very normal. It’s called fluctuating capacity. I really reccomend Neurowild (look on Facebook or Instagram) for ways to talk to your daughter about it.

Our DD is a teen and it's definitely affected by stress and hormones.