simplydeb

Yeah my little one loves sausages also, tuna and mayo but as someone else said not if he can see the mayo??? yorkshire puds and bacon are up there on the list also, never any veg or fruit he physically heaves over it still put it on his plate in the hope of a miracle!!

PS Emma, you are already in a good situation as your child seems to be in a good school with a great teacher, we are not all so lucky we had to remove our little one from his school 2 weeks prior to the big hols as they are near useless, and at this moment in time he does not have a school!! Debie

Hi Emma, i am relatively new to this forum but it has been a lifesaver to me and my hubby. We have a little boy(5) who we think is absolutely fine as he is at home but has probs at school with communication like your little girl. I would advise you to see your GP and tell him your fears etc he may recommend that you see a paeditrician who specialises in autism and AS. This is what we did and are now seeing a paeditrician every 4 months, we dont have a diagnosis as i think it is really hard to diagnose AS at a young age but at least we are getting some support and the help is there should we ever need it. Good luck

We seem to be the other way around. Our son who is nearly 5 shows no traits at all at home or with us as a family but the school are saying quite the opposite. we feel there is nothing wrong and feel that aspergers is being pushed onto him, he also never has a problem apart from a bit of initial shyness when he goes anywhere with us. Anyone else got this problem just in the school environment? Thanks Debie

Thanks Zemanski, you have been a real help, we had allsorts going through our heads. thanks, Simplydeb

Screening has been mentioned to us but we are not sure what they mean. Any ideas how the professionals go about screening? Thanks.

Screening has been mentioned to us but we are not sure what they mean. Any ideas how the professionals go about screening? Thanks.

How strange, our son is Matthew james. Whenever we are in the supermarket or somewhere you can usually hear some poor mum yelling "matthew will u come here" (besides me of course) . For ages now we've joked its a name thing who knows???

Hi, thankx 4 replying. We have had one meeting with a paeditrician who after 1.5 hrs couldnt say one way or another naturally. We are awaiting another appointment with him which our health visitor is trying to push through sooner. we cant honestly say we notice changes when faced with new dilemmas or places etc. He is sometimes a bit "naughty" in shops when there is nothing that interests him but he never gets phased by situation ie: flying or being on holiday away from home 4 2 weeks. it could be that we are just used to matt and have adjusted to him over the years but after saying that we are parents to 11 yr old twins and obviously when you have other kids you do comapre them to one another and we never picked up on anything as he was growing. I dunno what to think really, i must say tho that we do notice he is better socially with either older people or younger people. he seems very shy with kids his own age and he isnt what i would call shy 90% of the time anyway. Thanx for your help and i'll keep u posted. Debie

My sons nursery who saw fit to not inform us of obsessive and repetitive behaviour, not mixing, refusing to join in, hiding himself away etc etc needless to say he no onger attends this nursery and we are on the find for a more sympathtic environment. Debie

Hi everyone it is my 1st time so bear with me. i have a nearly 5 year old little boy who until March of this year we had no probs or worries about at all. he moved to a new nursery and they are coming at us with all sorts eg: repetitive and obsessive behaviour, no interest in the other kids, cant join in, hides behind curtains, walks round objects instead of taking the more direct route and the list goes on and on. we see none of this at home, he has 2 eleven year old sisters and is fine with them and their friends, never demonstrates obsessive or repetitive behaviour, is loving, makes good eye contact etc etc. We are obviously dead worried but cant understand why he is one way at home and another at school. Any ideas we would be really grateful. Thanks in advance.