Do you have a child with high functioning autism?

Yes, I have a 7 and a half-year-old daughter who has been officially diagnosed with HFA.

Every kid is different in the behaviours/symptoms they display, but the main ones that my daughter had were very late development of her verbal abilities, difficulties transitioning from one activity to another, lack of eye contact, lining up toys, and spinning/rocking actions known as “stimming”.

The main behaviors they are going to focus on when they evaluate your child are going to be in several areas. They will probably ask a lot of questions about how he/she interacts with others, as well as questions about whether or not he/she engages in imaginative play (most autistic kids don’t).

Since sensory issues are also a frequent feature of autism (at any functioning level), they will also ask if your child has issues with noises (likes to make noise or is especially sensitive to noise) or has extreme attactions or aversions to certain textures.

Autism is a relatively complicated condition; the sooner your child can get help, the better off he/she will be.

Best of luck to you.

I have a 14 yr old with Asperger’s. We noticed when he was about 2 or 3 that there was something different. At that age, I went back to school to get my masters in Special Education. At first, we thought he was ADHD. He wasn’t formally diagnosed with Asperger’s until he was 12.

my child is low function autistic. she is now over 20 yrs old but dx at at less than 2 yrs of age.

colic is one symtom hyper sensitive to sounds or other things, not looking at your or other directly, being interested in one or two things… not like normal kids.

they can almost seem deaf but are not.

go to www.autismspeaks.org and learn the symptoms early on.

fragile x and undx metablolic disorders can mimi autism so imo due medical testing as well.

good luck. i run a support group for autism. bless you.

no-but my aunt did- he was always- unsocial- preferred to be on his own-disliked cuddles or kisses- had lots of Habits, things rituals- he insisted on doing- liked to dress up- and Be -someone else- he at one stage wore a -miss piggy mask-constantly- it was an embarrassment- ,liked to reuse same clothes- said Anything- out loud never liked being in same room as others- very jealous- strangled a bunny when his sister was born- and threatened to do that with baby- needed more care as he got older- and developed-more-issues- then unfortunately- became too hard and violent to handle- so went in care. BUT- l hasten to add-all cases are different-good luck.xx