Hi guys, I did read the previous thread where the questions were.
~clover~ I have to say that DD has mostly made eye contact with family and children friends her whole life. New children and adults she will not make eye contact with, and sometimes even with extended family. She plays with other children, and seeks playing with others. Its hard isn't it? She's definately on the spectrum. She finds it hard to make friends and gets bullied quite easily.
The journey with SPD and ASD can be quite long and scary, but I think if you continue to trust your instincts and find what works for your child than a diagnosis isn't always important. I had to have one, but that was for me and getting funding to do the things we were already doing.
Thanks Christy. There are just so many characteristics that are all different in different kids.
I've been wondering myself, but didn't say anything to the gp except that I'm having alot of trouble with his behaviour. He asked a few questions & referred us to OT.
Said it could be just something like ADHD, or he could be on the spectrum.
The OT rang to make the appointment today & said that it looks like we'll require a team of people for DS, after checking that I'd followed through with his early intervention referral she gave me.
The money after our EPC runs out is going to kill me, but I'm trying to get official diagnosis for that reason. That little bit c'link might give us will be a good start.
~Clover~ my DS makes eye contact also... but not as much as other children. He is quite social, but often will prefer for others to seek him to play. Playing is often on his terms, and if it isn't, then he refuses to play. He certainly doesn't have any close friends that i know of. He will play with other kids, but doesn't really form ongoing friendships.
TBH the thing i am most worried about for when he goes to school next year is the social aspect.
Well DS has one good friend. He & my girls are the only kids he plays with. If he doesn't have them around he won't leave my side, or my lap.
If someone talks to him he'll look at them, or he might watch others, but he won't otherwise. Doing a shopping trip is too much. It seems more that he can't handle the stimulation of dealing with people, than anything. He screams, doesn't want to go into shops & nothing stops it til we get home... often he'll still go on for hours with the tiniest things setting off tantrum/meltdowns. Sometimes it can last days...
My DD1 used to freak out at shops more than anything else. She couldn't handle all the stimulation as far as smells/lights/noises. She still can't. Its so full on, she's 7 now and had over 2 years of OT and we STILL have to beware and careful when entering a shopping environment. Its more for her to due to the noise associated with so many people rather than the amount of people.
I think his problem is dealing with people. He doesn't like them talking to him. He's ok to go into bigger shopping centres (doesn't last long though), but a small office where someone might talk to him is what he doesn't like. The QBE office, Post Office & RTA... He knows people usually will talk to him in these smaller places. He stopped coming into our small supermarket here for a while. He would wait out the front for me (I'd only grab bread or something & still be able to see him!) Now he hides behind my legs.
His one good friend he has is one we see most days when the girls are at school. We go visit them regularly, so he's been seeing him more than once a week since he was 8 months old.
I have so many reasons I think he shows signs of autism, yet so many reasons he doesn't.
He needs to control everything. If we come in the front door he might want to open & close it. If this doesn't happen he'll lose it. If I so much as touch the door he'll lose it.
He's starting to use imaginitive play. I think. His car will say hello to mine. They will follow each other around & they will fight.. Then he'll go really quiet for a good hour or so while he lines his cars all up perfectly, facing the same way. Utes together, sedans together, etc. He only lines them up though (hotwheels) coz they are all about the same size. Bigger & smaller ones are too frusterating.
I just don't know. I can't stop thinking about it. Can't wait til this appointment to have an idea of whats really going on.
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