Wondering if my son has autism.

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I hope this is the correct place to post. I've wondered for a while about my son having some spectrums of Autism. He seems very smart but has been late in some of his development. He didn't walk till he was 14 months. His language development has also been delayed. He didn't really start using a lot of more discernable words until he was about 2 1/2 years old. After I got him a Leap Pad, right around the time he turned 3, his language has exploded and is getting better everyday. Still not clear but he is three so I'm not stressing TOO much about that.

He has also shown some regressive behavior - he said mommy one time when he was very young (daddy was his first word), then he may have said it ONE more time and never again until he was almost 2 years old. He did this with many words. Recently, he can no longer turn door knobs to open doors, he had been doing that for about a year or so. (opening them I mean)

He also shows a lot of obsessive type behaviors over objects, through behavior as well. He first started showing it when he discovered "Hulk". He does the Hulk voice all the time and anytime he meets someone new, he gets down and pounds the ground like Hulk. (maybe a nervous tick) He'll also do a hulk face where he'll look down and look up at you, only with his eyes & speak in the hulk voice. (he's got quite a personality on him!) He'll say Thank you a million times until you say "You're welcome". You can't say "ok", it has to be "you're welcome". His newest behavior is he has to have a "huggy, huggy" and then shake your hand (no idea where he learned that) or he will scream bloody murder. That brings me to his temper - he has got one on him. He will ask for milk and I turn to get it and he thinks I'm not going to or I'm not doing it fast enough, he loses it. Starts jumping up and down screaming to the top of his lungs and crying. Will throw himself on the floor and cry, but before that, he'll smack himself in the face (by covering his face with his hand). A lot of this is cute and I wonder if it's just normal and he's spoiled or could there be more to it.

Now his latest thing is that he's started referring to himself in the 3rd person. He used to say I want milk. Now he says - "He wants milk, he wants puppy, he wants...." I ask him - "who? Ashton?" He'll say "yes".

I know that only a doctor can test him but I was hoping for some advice from others with more experience with this. My step son has autism and my son doesn't quite show the same behaviors but some of them. If anyone could offer advice and let me know your thoughts if you think it sounds like he may have autism, I would appreciate it. I have to take him to his 3 year check up soon. I was in there the other day with him when he was sick and told the doctor I would also like to find out about getting him checked for Autism and he wouldn't talk to me about it because I brought him in sick. He said "Lets just handle what you brought him in for and we can discuss that at his 3 yr well checkup." I argued it with him but he wouldn't let up. I was pretty upset and in disbelief.

Maybe. There are several signs you've listed, but without seeing the little guy in person it's kind of difficult to say for sure. Also, as others here will tell you, only someone trained to do so (a Psychiatrist) can officially diagnose someone.

That said, I'm posting to say have a read of the thread in my signature. It's how I've managed to successfully treat my own symptoms. If your little guy's medical history mimics mine as an infant, you might be able to head this off some.

One of my friend's little guys (he's also coming up on 3 years old) exhibited several symptoms strong enough for me to pick up on them a year or so ago after he underwent some serious rounds of antibiotics for a serious infection. I talked to his parents about the effect on intestinal flora and recommended they add probiotic supplements to his food. They did & he no longer displays the same signs. They're very minimal to almost gone now.

Anyways, read the thread & feel free to pm me with any questions/comments about it if you like.

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Talk to the doctor at the 3-year visit. "Normal" is a spectrum too, ha-ha, and it could be normal 3-year-old moodiness and silliness or something else entirely. It could be some degree of autism.

Ask yourself if these things are really disruptive and bothersome, of if you're hypervigilant because you're already dealing with one spectrum kid. It matters.

You should take your son to a Psychiatrist or a psychologist, no one on this site can say for sure, especially since the Spectrum displays in very different ways in every person with it. make sure the doctor is a PROFFESIONAL