littlestar85
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Hi everyone,
I have a nephew who I have been worried about for a while but I feel like it's not my place to question his development IYKWIM...
He's 3 years old this month and his speech is very bizarre. It's high-pitched with very varied intonation half the time and the other half he whispers. He repeats the same phrases over and over all day long regardless of what you ask him. He is OBSESSED with cars. His first word was car, all he plays with is cars, all he talks about is cars. If you ask a non-car-related question he'll ignore it and talk about cars - always repeating the same phrase in the same tone and pitch e.g 'the maaan is driving the caaar... The maaan is driving the caaar...' If you get distracted he gets angry and shouts 'loooook! The man is driving the car' ... This can go on for 15mins even if you're asking 'how's Mum? What did u have for tea etc.'
He's still spoon fed every meal, he's still in nappies - he was potty trained at 1.5-2 but regressed back into nappies.
When he gets upset he has severe melt downs for sometimes 30 mins on end
He doesn't make eye contact, is socially very awkward and uncomfortable and incredibly vicious and antisocial around other children.
There's more of these things but can't recall them all right now. It's troubling me cos I know autism is more manageable when caught younger, but a) am I worrying over nothing and b) if I'm not, how do I approach the subject with SIL who is VERY sensitive to criticism of her kids
Thanks
X
I have a nephew who I have been worried about for a while but I feel like it's not my place to question his development IYKWIM...
He's 3 years old this month and his speech is very bizarre. It's high-pitched with very varied intonation half the time and the other half he whispers. He repeats the same phrases over and over all day long regardless of what you ask him. He is OBSESSED with cars. His first word was car, all he plays with is cars, all he talks about is cars. If you ask a non-car-related question he'll ignore it and talk about cars - always repeating the same phrase in the same tone and pitch e.g 'the maaan is driving the caaar... The maaan is driving the caaar...' If you get distracted he gets angry and shouts 'loooook! The man is driving the car' ... This can go on for 15mins even if you're asking 'how's Mum? What did u have for tea etc.'
He's still spoon fed every meal, he's still in nappies - he was potty trained at 1.5-2 but regressed back into nappies.
When he gets upset he has severe melt downs for sometimes 30 mins on end
He doesn't make eye contact, is socially very awkward and uncomfortable and incredibly vicious and antisocial around other children.
There's more of these things but can't recall them all right now. It's troubling me cos I know autism is more manageable when caught younger, but a) am I worrying over nothing and b) if I'm not, how do I approach the subject with SIL who is VERY sensitive to criticism of her kids
Thanks
X