Autism?

My almost 3 year old son Mason, looking at the fence out of the corner of his eye, he is tired here.

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• Autism
• stimming
• spectrum

[amiepeeken]

He was diagnosed in October with Autism!

[blessed8276]

@amiepeeken I have 2 boys with autism and its so hard. embrace it. stay in faith. and be proud of him. your a great mom be proud of yourself . you are not alone GOD BLESS

[corrina9140]

Being a teacher with special needs doesn't mean you can say who has Autism and who doesnt. Just because you watch a video for 1:20sec doesnt show you what people go threw day to day. He is 3 and doesnt have any words so that goes to show you right there he is behind and needs to be looked at by a doctor.. I wish the mom all the luck. I see you did get him diagnpsed and he does have Autism good luck its a very hard job being a parent with a child who has Autism.

[gradeagurl]

@amiepeeken Im so sorry that your son is autistic. And Im sorry that people were giving you a hard time about it when you were just trying to find some answers. Im glad that you posted this because my son acts the very same way. If something doesnt go perfectly he has a meltdown. I have an older daughter and 10 nieces and nephews and have never seen any of them act like this. My son has a hard time keeping eye contact with me and he will not say I love you to any of us. Thank you!

[nyxpooka]

I dont really see it except when he hit you when you tried to comfort him...it sometimes takes a bit more observation. I would say that extreme picky eating, inability to get childs attention consistently, stimming and speech problems are the biggies....

[radketim]

Actually from this video I couldn't tell anything other than he has a low frustration tolerance and likes your attention.

[momtosonwithasd]

Before my son was dx, I did not know anyone who even had an Autistic child in their family. I have lived in 3 different states and have a very large family, so it's not like I have been living under a rock.

It is now 1 in 91 children.

[lorriphonsavanh1]

i am a special need's teacher who has been sent to 5 training experiences on working with children with autism. Every tired whining kid is not autistic. He made eye contact when you said his name. He didn't stim or flap. He doesn't have the typical autistic gate. His tantrum, believe me, was not anywhere near the intensity of an autistic tantrum. Let the poor kid have a nap when he is tired. I thought he was awfully obedient about trying to make baskets. You are blessed.

[trudj1172]

I don't know the age of your son but I was curious if you were getting any treatment for him like ABA. I have seen it make a big difference in many autistic children

[trudj1172]

There are many faces of Autism.

Lack of eye contact, stims, sensory behaviors (licking, etc) lack of language development, more clumsy than usual, high or low pain tolerance, etc. Don't go to a regular Ped you want to go an autistic organization in your area. The information can be googled.

[erinevans123]

My son is autistic, and this behaviour is something we see. Autistic children like predictability, and when things become unpredictable, this behaviour is commonly seen. It's really hard to tell from one video clip, but his verbal articulation (from this video) seems delayed (again, hard to tell) and the fact that he's not interested in anyone else would be warning signals that you should speak to a qualified Dr. about.