We suspect my 20 month old niece is on the spectrum. Very little doubt about it at all. Non verbal, extreme sensory meltdowns, limited actual interaction.

My sister is waiting for her referral for the child development team to go through to go through the steps of OT etc.

Yesterday they had to go into hospital. Poor bubba had ear infections in both ears & really wasn't well. But getting a look in her ears & even just a general check up was extremely traumatic for all involved. She didn't handle the poking/prodding at all. They gave her a trauma teddy & got there in the end, but there is often vomit & hour long melt downs after anything like this.

Any idea's for future doctors visits etc? Anything I can pass on for all aspects of life in general would be great While all of us have our challenges with our kids, it's extremely hard when she's non verbal & you can't tell if she's heard anything you say or not, because she doesn't often acknowledge that you've spoken.

Thanks guys