I've been talking to our pediatrician and we are concerned
about some of the red flags we see in C5.
At 3 1/2 he is hyper-good at puzzles (More
than 100 pieces). He also likes doing the same puzzle over and over again,
and he even seems to have an order he likes to work the puzzle in. He lines up his Hotwheels and Matchbox
cars. He has also lost some of his foods
he will eat. He gets melts down a lot--especially when he sees foods he doesn't like. He has texture issues with
his hands and clothing, and I see what I think are stimming behaviors.
C5 also does mostly parallel play, and I see him have a hard time with imaginative play.
We've decided to get him evaluated at the
same medical facility who diagnosed his older brother, C3, as having ADHD. This center is attached to a nationally known
hospital and they have a division that works specifically with children and
their growing brains.
I want to determine if he is indeed on the autism spectrum
like I suspect he is, and what I might do to help him so he doesn't fall behind.
