I think my child has autism, what signs do i need to look out for
i have a boy who is about to turn 5, he has a stammer when he speaks and can only put 5 words to a sentence. He throws temper tantrums and becomes aggressive and oppositional to me and my partner and his younger brother. He doenst like playing with other children much at all and he finds it difficult to concentrate for long periods of time and becomes bored easily, he is always on the move, or sat in front of the t.v. At school he is monitered for his speech, and also has recently failed the school sight test..again. Please help, as his behaviour can be outrageous at times with people staring at us he is very fussy about things he does. He recently played with another autistic boy who is 8 and they got on really well together.
Answer:tried to chat off line with you, this is my field of specialty, can you tell me are you based in the UK or the USA please.
And whilst monitoring his speech or lack of it, what else are the doing for him.............
And please please remember there are HUGE areas and ranges of autism........some of them have not been diagnosed until in their adult hood as they have been able to more or less function within the outer edges of what is expected. So the next thing to do is look at your husband and his brothers if any....autism as with ADHD tends to run down the male line.
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Regards
Try seeing a doctor, if he does have autism, try to find something he is good at, many autistic people aren't very good with a lot of things, but have at least one or two things they love doing, like anyone else, if you find something he loves to do, it can probably calm him and help him relax. Don't ever yell at him to stop, just soothe him and try rubbing his back to calm him... I really hope you get the help you need!