hi, my son is 3yrs old and was just diagnosed "mild to moderate autistic"
my son also ignores me at times when i say his name, depending on what he is doing...when he was 1yr old he used to say "ehhhhhhhhh" and almost like "zone out" while playing with certain things like blocks. then at 2yrs he started self-stimulis behavior (flapping his hands) at certain things-fans, or other moving things... thats when i knew he had autism.
now he attends special ed and speach therapy which is helping him alot!
anyways best wishes to you and your son...... ↑ |
Very hard to say at such an early age although I knew something was "WRONG" from 19 months. Kurtis developed okay till that age and then it all stopped. He would respond (if he hadn't zoned out) and would put up with people but if left to choose would stay in the corner with his chosen objects and line them up ( an early sign of autism like behaviour.)
Does your child mimic rather than speak? does he copy word for word as Kurtis had many fooled that he could speak down to his phenomanal memory. He sometimes would slip though and use it wrongly which showed that he was doing eccololia rather than knowing speach.
Try to keep an open mind, though I know that it is hard. Just because he has afew of the signs doesn't mean that he is autistic but you are doing the best thing by getting prepared for that, which is all that matters.
Either way you can help them, my son is 6 and although he does sometimes struggle he is better than he was when he wasn't able to communicate.
All the best ↑ |
Hi, megaman why i cant tell you how concenred to be you are doing the right thing by getting him evaluatedm. And its hard because autism has such a broad range every kid with it is diffrent my 3year old daughter just got diagnosed for it 6months ago i thought she just had a persausive developmental delay which could be what your'e son has its on the same scale as autism only kids stand a better chance of growing out of it with thearpy versus autism spectrum. Its really wierd because my daughter did not have big temper tanturms so i thought oh she is just behind and that and the pediactricians just kept telling me she was a late bloomer i had to argue with them to get her tested for autism because i knew something was wrong. when they came back with the results i was shattred and cried all i could feel is pain for my kid that there was a window blocking me from my childs world and her from mine and my heart is still broken even though my mind is strong and im fighting for her to shatter thru that window. Just remeber what ever the results there are lots of rescourses out there to help. The good thing is they are starting to diagnose kids at an early age and the earlier the intervention the better the outcome of kids making progress. I recomend whatever the outcome or thearpy they say you might need as soon as you find out get on the waiting list that is the hardest thing is the wait but the sooner you do the sooner you can get services. And stay strong its the hardest thing for me is to watch my child but i know deep inside with thearpy she will get better maby not in every way but at least enough to lead a normal life. take care and i hope the best for you. ↑ |
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