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Is my child autistic (or have an autistic disorder)?
Is my child autistic or have an autistic disorder ?I have a two year old son who I could tell was 'different' from a very early age. He is being referred to a paediatrician here in the UK but I was wondering if anyone with some knowledge may be able to shed some light. I am going to list some key points 1. Developmental delays he rolled over, crawled and pulled himself up on his feet right at the end of the normal age range for these mile stones. However, he walked very late at 21 months. We had a few false starts where he would walk one evening then would point blank refuse to walk again for several weeks.2. Speech is very delayed. He can say 2 words. He didn't really babble as a baby and has really just started babbling now. Most of his communication involves screaming, mainly out of frustration.3. He doesn't like any changes of routine. He gets really stressed if we are away from home or if we have visitors who stay for more than a few hours. He will have 'tantrums' which will last on and off for 3 4 days if we are away but they sound like stress fear tantrums. These tantrums happen for apparently no reason i.e. I've not told him off taken anything off him etc. but there must be a trigger. Something fairly innocuous will trigger him off.4. He gets spooked by things. One example is the shower hose sprayed near him out of the bath. The water didn't touch him at all but he freaked out so much that now he is scared of the shower. He screams when I switch it on for my shower. He is also scared of jumpers pullovers He has never got stuck in a jumper but something innocuous has happened that I was never aware of and, again, he freaks out if I produce a jumper. He will wear a t shirt and a zip up jumper cardigan.5. Sleep has become an issue. 2 months ago when we returned from holiday our flight was delayed by 3 hours. This effected his sleep routine. Ever since then he has had a real fear of his bed. We have to settle him and sit outside his room so he know we are around before he'll settle to sleep. He also wakes up in the night but is usually fairly easy to settle.6. He seems to have a very low pain threshold. He suffered very badly with his teething and seems to have a sore tummy a lot. When he is ill he often screams and the freakouts tantrums and more frequent.7. He is wary of strangers. He makes little eye contact with people he doesn't know and won't really interact with them at all. He is better with familiar people.As I said these tantrums freak out sessions do seem to get worse if he is unwell or away from familiar surroundings.There are probably other things I haven't mentioned but I can't quite think of them at the moment. I am a very stressed mum who is just seeking some answers, or even some reassurance. Sorry this is long I have asked my doctor and health visitor but referrals take a long time and was wondering if any parents medical professionals may be able to help.Thanks for reading.
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