Hi everyone l am also new here and also to autism my son ls 4 years of age and was diagnosed wth ASD last year, l have been amazed at the likeness to my son, my son also has limited speech and says a handfull of words such as bye, his name, jiuce and the words he does says he says very clearng but mostly he talks "Jargon" as l have been told, He is generally a happy little boy but when he has a tantrum lt ls like world war three but thankfully at the moment that ls not very often, He will bring me his cup lf he wants a drink or will point at the bottle of juice also points to the cupboard for a bisciut,lf l am not ln the kitchen and he would like somethink he comes up to me puts his arm round me and try to move me to the room where he wants me to go then point to the object that he wants,he also has a fasination with little cars or figures and bricks he will sit there for a hour sometimes and line all his bricks in a line but a perfect line l once came ln to the living room and he had lined up his bricks then also a row on top of them perfectly balanced, He also love music and seems to calm him when he starts to get a bit frustrated, l do worry alot about him as he also has no sense of danger he will try and climb the highest object for the purpose of jumping off and he ls very quick on his feet my neighbours have many times see me sprint past their window ln chase saved me alot on gym fees he ls also very touch sensative loves sand and water and likes to stroke my hair, l do have problems with his diet as he will not eat anythink lumpy,lt has been conforting to read some of your stories on this site and find people that l can relate to
Nadine
