He is turning 2 by end of this yr. Went for his dev. check up and was suspected that he could be in the category of ASD. He has not spoken a word but he shows affection. The doc said that he may also be developmentally delayed and he is weak in his self help skills( due to his grandparents who pampered him) and he does not really know how to play (i'm not so sure abt this part as when she assessed him cooking toys were given to him. i had never give him any utensils bec i got the mindset that only girls would play that. By the way he loves to play stacking and ball). Will 1 to 1 or group programme is good for him? He will be diagnose again when he is 30mth by then she said that diagnosis should be more accurate. but i ever come across a child who start to talk when he turn 36mth? Are there cases where the diagnosis are wrong? I'm hoping that he is not autistic.
2006-10-17 02:50:02 · 6 answers · asked by nurlin 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
he is relatively a well behave boy who eats well, sleeps well and has no temperamental issues. He does not seems to have any problem to changes or any sounds like vaccuums
2006-10-17 03:12:35 · update #1
My daughter is on the autistic spectrum as well. Believe it or not the best place for him may be in some type of daycare environment or similar social environment where he can become sociable with other children and model their behaviour. It has been the absolute key for my daughter when pre-school and now as she goes to "regular kids" school. He needs to be around kids in a structured environment with familiar routines.
My wife is a stay-at-home Mom so we balked at this at first, but eventually we found a very nice one at a Christian university. She had her own EA to help her thru the day and she learned so much by being around children her age which motivated her to try to be like them and learn to interact.
Keep in mind that autism is not a simple condition but is different points along a wide wide spectrum. Some go on to become PHD's or accomplish things that only someone with their unique makeup could do (not to minimize it either though, it is a very significant disability for most). Some aspects of your description remind me of my daughter, i.e. shows affection (not typical, but a wonderful wonderful trait/advantage) and non-verbal. She also was very difficult to diagnose.
One bit of advice I'd pass on, don't spend all your time with doctors (after a while I couldn't care less about them and their bad advice), but rather get in touch with some good therapists -- their advice is far more practical and based on actually working with these kids unlike the, at times, high-minded arrogant fat-headed doctors.
Feel free to email me some time if you'd be interesting in hearing more (just click on my avatar).
(Oh yeah - about therapy, some go for IBI or ABA therapy at least for "fully autistic" children. Its very intense and I'd never do it for my daughter, but she's not as far "down" the spectrum as some)
2006-10-17 03:42:59 · answer #1 · answered by Zee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My best friend's little boy was diagnosed with autism when he was 2. She dug a little deeper, and it turns out he had mercury poisoning! He has gotten a lot of treatments, and gone on a gluten free diet, to get rid of the toxins in his body. In about a year, he has improved to what a normal 3 year old level is. Go see other doctors that are more open to other diagnoses. Most docs just stop with the autism diagnosis and leave it at that, when there might be so much more that can be done to make his life better. Good luck!
2006-10-17 05:14:17 · answer #2 · answered by Jamie B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry to hear that you got that news, hopefully they are wrong.
You should focus on working with him on the skills that he is lacking and let him associate with other children as much as possible.
Remember that the diagnosis could also be right. This does not mean that you should give up, kids that are autistic are still capable of a lot and as parents we should always try to do the best for our children.
Good luck and you may want to start doing research on autism if you haven't already.
2006-10-17 03:37:40 · answer #3 · answered by Joy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my daughter didnt' really start to talk until she turned three and she has always shown emotion. She always throws really bad tempertantrums which she still does, the doctor had her hearing and everything checked at two and said her speech is just delayed and she should stop the tantrums, but they haven't gone away and she goes for a deveopomental evaluation soon. so you never know he may just be delayed which doctors never want to believe just keep reading to him either way.
2006-10-17 04:39:23 · answer #4 · answered by christina c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put him in a small play group.
Try to get him to talk for things he wants. "I want a drink, I want to eat, etc"
The sunrise or sonrise program is pretty good. Life magazine (the one that comes in the sunday newspaper) did a story on a little boy who says he's better because of it.
2006-10-17 06:38:23 · answer #5 · answered by momoftwo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just try to make him moe cooperative with other
try to make him get out from his soule life
make him in contenuse contact with all people
2006-10-17 03:08:36 · answer #6 · answered by micho 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋