My 3 yr old grandson is out of control. Shr... - Autism Support
My 3 yr old grandson is out of control. Shrieking for no reason. Has little sense of himself. Can be very violent. Is he Autistic?
It would be diffult to say. I suggest that he needs to be seen at your local health clinic and discuss his behaviour with them - they may then be able to suggest the next steps.
There are many signs of autism.Usually about three is the time they emerge and can become more evident. Sometimes earlier.However, it would be difficult and sensitive for this to be answered here.As earlier suggested your G.P/Health visitor would be your first port of call. Also,it may help to record his behaviour and keep a diary as to when these stresses and behavious occur. What is his communication like? Is he trying to say what he cant verbally?.
My son's diagnosis took longer as his change in behaviour was flagged off and not taken seriously by the health visitor till he was assesed at nursery after becoming violent and temper tantrums. Speak to your G.P about the concerns and if need be refer to a peaditrician may be what they suggest.Either way,you need your mind settled whatever the issue may be.
Flowers22 I am not the parent. That is my biggest problem. If I was the parent I would have had my Grandson at the GP weekly for the past 2 years. My Daughter & Son-in-Law are refusing to accept that their child has a problem!
Hi ToniManifesto,
For what it's worth my 3yr old daughter has only just in the past few days been diagnosed with Autism. Both my husband & I thought that she was fine for some time, we were hearing sounds that we could understand but nobody else could & at the time we put it down to her age & convinced ourselves it would improve. We didn't really conclude anything was wrong until she reached 1, she stopped babbling & started using her hands to gesture what she wanted & got very cross when we didn't understand. She would constantly rock when she was sitting down unless she was sitting in the car, she would twist her hands about or flap her arms & stare into space.
We had her little sister when she was 21mths old & whilst intrigued by our new arrival she hated hearing the baby cry & would go into meltdown. Our health visitor kindly visited a couple of times as we thought it was 'insecurity' & it was her that picked up on her speech delay & social interaction not being appropriate. She then met up with me & the children at playgroup a couple of times to see how she acted away from home & it was then that she referred us to paediatrics for possible Autism. We were very wary of all the 'tests' that were requested including hearing checks, bloodtests, eyesight tests, urine samples, speech assessment & play assessment & I had to remind myself it was in my daughter's better interests to help us understand each other (though my husband & I did question with our Dr the need for some of the tests).
We started the process a year ago & have only just got our confirmed diagnosis of Autism following many appointments & now have several more on the calender as we start looking more in depth at her educational needs & that we need to enroll her in school next year.
I guess what I am saying is that your Daughter may well be aware that something isn't quite right but like us is wary off all the tests needed to get a diagnosis. It is a long process & can be overwhelming having to go through all the different appointments at different departments, sometimes you can be seeing several people in the same week. Sometimes it can take all those people telling you the same thing to truly convince you it's real.
Thanks Springsong. My Grandson has never come under any investigation for ANYTHING! That is my problem. I or my wife or other family look after him and we take all the fits, abuse, tempers. I want to take legal charge of my Grand son. Then I can put him into a programme with the Child Development Office where we live. The thing is I know there is huge help out there. My problem is my daughter is in denial about him. We need to force my Grand sons issues into the local health agenda. But I need my daughter to accept that her son is a spectrum child!!!
