My little man, who is not so little really he is huge for his age is 3yrs 4 months. I have always thought he walks a little oddly but everyone else (family and friends) think im crazy and cant see anything different!! Well yesterday we went to the paediatrician for a routine appointment as Ben is autistic, well the appointment was mostly taken up by him talking about the way ben walks - as we arrived at the clinic the paed did too so saw ben walking and stumbling (he is very clumsy and although he is kind of quick his legs dont go as fast as his body sometimes, i just though he was so on the go - he really is anyway! that maybe he just wasnt focussing and thats why he trips sometimes etc. Well, the paediatrician yesterday referred ben to a physiotherapist as thinks he has problems with his joints or soemthing, i cant remember exactly what he was saying, something about that ben walks funny (i thought that but all friends i asked etc said i was imagining it!!) and also the reflex thing when they hit your joints (knees, ankles, elbows etc) with mini hammer thing, ben didnt respond to some of those like he should! (some of them didnt seem to feel it and react so he repeated it a few times and still nothing!) also he asked whether there was any family history of problems like this well bens dad had a frame on his leg when he was small for a while, not due to an accident i dont think though not sure what for so i mentioned that and the paed noted this down and said it may be linked but i have no idea what he really was hinting at and due to recent issues i am not ringing bens dad to ask as he wont tell me anyway - he has nothing to do with ben, doesnt pay for him or ask after him and even the csa are struggling to get money off him as he keeps trying to get the case closed by getting people to ring and write in pretending to be me asking to close the case and also keeps switching jobs and even the employers somehow are lying for him so the csa are involving their criminal compliance team, so anyway, thats why im not just asking him or his family about it as they are all the same attitude wise! I know its obviously nothing to do with the asd, unless it literally isnt a problem other than ben going so fast everywhere etc but the paed thinks this in unlikely and was very keen to refer to physio who have a long waiting list so now im wondering what he could be talking about and what the implications of a problem like this could be???? so with this basic info to go on can anyone shed any light as to what the paed could have been talking about??