Concerned once again!!!Regular kid stuff! I think you are being extra vigilant, and that is commendable. [QUOTE=melomo83] He does play with the other kids, has great speech, pretends, and communicates well. [/QUOTE] I'm inclined to say he's NT. I don't think the things you have listed would place him on the spectrum. I would be concerned if he had communication delays and social issues in addition to all of the other stuff. He sounds ok to me. Some kids are senstive and have anxious dispositions. The over react to sounds, complain about seams on their socks, get too wound up, etc etc - normal variance in personality. If his language is ok and he's interested in the other kids, then to me, he sounds a-ok. My DS (now seven) is one of these sensitive kids, btw. He couldn't watch fireworks without covering his ears until about five, obsessive, etc. He's in second grade now and fine, but he's an anxious kid and very left brained and analytical and cautious (future engineer). There's been books writtena bout kids like this. Googke "The Highly Sensitive Child" and you'll see what I mean. I wouldn't doubt that kids like this are further along the continuum towards autism then most kids are, but autism is a disorder, and unless these things functionally impair the kid, then it's just quirks. I saw a documentary on some place in NC that runs old fashioned steam trains, and when the whistles blew, most of the young kids covered their ears. Make it loud enough, and they all will, lol. Some kids have a lower threshold than others. Some autistic kids have to where ear plugs to block normal, ambient noise.  . He was worried about things, like lightning, rain, loud noises, etc, and would focus a little too much on them, but was able to move on with persuasion and reassurance.I wouldn't read too much into it, he's probably got that type of personality. Take care Thanks everyone! I try not to read too much into things, but with J being the way he is, it's hard not to think about the things that I do see in this other child. I guess if it weren't for J, I probably wouln't have picked up on these things! Maybe I've just read too much on autism!!! I guess I'm just going crazy-- maybe due to the fact that I regularly have 6 kids here every day ranging from 18 mo. to 4 yrs. old???!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks again and have a great day! Ok, I know you all may not believe this, but I am starting to be concerned about one of my other daycare kiddos now! There is several things that bother me. I'll list them for you. ( 3 1/2 yr. old boy) 1. has never liked loud noises-- covers his ears when he even thinks something will be loud. 2. talks loudly alot and doesn't realize it. can quiet down when I mention that he's talking really loud. 3. pats on his tummy constantly, like my other daycare child does his clapping. and doesn't really know he's doing it. 4. is picky about foods. today at lunch, he refused his chicken nuggets b/c they had "black stuff" (pepper) on them. 5. As a baby and up until around 1 1/2- 2 yrs. old would have bad fits where he would just slam himself back and hit his head very hard on the floor, wall, toys, anything in the way, and it didn't phase him. 6. Still has bad fits when he is upset. lots of crying and screaming and stuff, but no throwing himself any more. 7. Obsessed with his toy cars and anything to do with the "Cars Movie". he always has to bring a car with him to my house and gets upset if I have to take it from him. 8. Seems OCD at times: always worried about what time his dad will be back, asks all the time "will I get my car back when daddy gets here?". has to hug his dad a million times before he leaves. his dad has said that he always has to watch the Cars movie before he can go to sleep each night. asks "why" ALL DAY LONG!(I know that is probably normal 3 yr. old stuff!) 9. At times, seems to have a hard time concentrating on what I am telling him. He overall, does seem to listen to me, but I have to keep telling him to "look at me when I'm telling you something". 10. Will talk about something totally out of the blue several times a day. He does play with the other kids, has great speech, pretends, and communicates well. But, I don't know if there's anything there on the spectrum or not. If I had to guess, I'd say PDD. But who knows! He may just be a quirky kid!!! What do you all think???? Sorry this is so long! I think alot of what you wrote is NT stuff, its really hard to say, but i know alot of kids that won't eat food with pepper on it or anything that they are not familiar with. Also i think typically kids will become sort of obsessed with a certain movie, I know with my daugher NT when she was 5 watched wizard of oz a million times and pretended she was dorothy alot. its really hard to say without knowing the child but you say he plays with other kids and communicates well, i would think don't worry so much and just do the best you can. You seem like you are very intune with the children and that is good, but i would try to focus on all of their strenghts and how they learn, The other stuff will come with age if they are NT children. You could just ask the parents if he always does similar things at home just out of curiosity and see what they say. but otherwise i wouldn't make a big deal about it. Yeah, I'm not making it a big deal. The only thing that makes me wonder so much is that his dad is very curious about J, my other daycare kiddo who is more than likely autistic. He will sometimes stay and watch J when he brings his son in. And he has stated his concerns that J is autistic. Then just the other day, he was talking about his son not liking loud noises and never has been able to watch fireworks b/c of it and how he covers his ears alot. And this conversation took place after we had been talking about the Autism Speaks video thing. I wonder if he is concerned and if he was trying to "read" my responses? I didn't act concerned to him. It's not anything like it is with J.What do the rest of you think? Sound familiar at all???It does kind of sound like the dad is "feeling you out", but you never know. I did see some red flags, but also some of the things are hard to tell at this age. The social and communication stuff is really positive. I think it is possible to have Dysfunction of Sensory Integration and not have autism. I am pretty sure that is my daughter to a "t" in fact! She has a very hard time with loud noises (particularly loud toilets) and sometimes tags bother her (they do my dh as well, but curiously they don't bother my ds). When she is on sensory overload, she kind of shuts down. This typically happens her first half hour at pre-school. She doesn't participate at all. Then the teachers say that something happens (usually snack or outside time) and then she is totally fine - participates and goes on like an NT kid (which I think she mostly is). It's hard to say, but a good thing to keep your eye on. My ds didn't really play with other kids at that age, but did have great speech, did pretend play and communicated well. The social piece was the main thing lacking for him - although he was INTERESTED in being social, he didn't know how. We're still working on that! |
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