How to know when to seek diagnosis?
angelbear wrote:
I agree with BJ. My son is 5, and has NEVER adored other children! I think your son just has a speech delay. Does he have any strange or obsessive interests in things? Does he repeat phrases over and over? Does he flap his hands or rock or bang his head? Of course, we can't diagnose over the internet, but to me, there is not too much to worry about with your son or your daughter.
No, he has never flapped his hands or banged his head. He does sometimes repeat part of what I say, but it seems somewhat appropriate, i.e. I will say "Look, a blue bird!" and he will say, "Oh yeah, a blue bird!", or "A blue bird, oh!". He doesn't repeat phrases just for the sake of repeating them, doesn't pick up phrases from TV or movies, and switches pronouns correctly nearly all of the time. He just recently has started copying other children a lot when playing...so he will do EVERYTHING that they do, including what they say. It drives my daughter nuts
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He loves cars, and for a while was somewhat obsessive about them. That was always what he played with, and he likes to lay on the floor to push them around in front of his face. I know part of that is because he's watching the wheels move (he doesn't hold them up and just spin the wheels), but he also seems to play appropriately with them. He has a road mat and he pushes them along the road, parks them in the parking lots, crashes them and laughs, etc. He still plays with them now but not AS much as he used to, and he will share them with other kids and even put them away in order to go play with other things or go play with other kids (he has a cousin very close in age and they play together often).
I have never seen most of the symptoms listed on things like the M-CHAT from him, or only occasionally. If anything, socially I worry about him less than I did his sister, who didn't take much of an interest in friendships until she was closer to 4. There are mild things...sometimes he doesn't seem to hear me (his hearing was tested and is fine) or pay attention to what I'm saying. The way he plays with cars in front of his face. The refusal to try new foods. The sensory seeking behavior. He's getting better now with age, but stores and restaurants overstimulate him (he doesn't cry, but he gets hyperactive). He also has attention to detail/hyperawareness...I can't count the number of times he's picked a piece of lint off the floor and handed it to me
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Thank you all for talking this over with me...it helps immensely.
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