Autistic Symptom

littleape0129

My daughter is 24 months old and I have some question aboutthe autistic symptom. She is always fear of new things. I have heard that thisis one of the symptoms of autism. She doesn’t like new clothes, doesn’t like tosit on potty, and afraid of Elmo on TV. Basically, she doesn’t enjoy new thingsat all and always say she is scared of things. One time when we were at astore, there were some black dots on the ground and she told me she was afraidof that and asked to be held. Should I be worried about that?

Verbally, I would say she has no problem as she talks a lotall the time. She can now speak in sentences with 5-6 words. However, shecannot distinguish “You” and “I” yet and always say “You” when she means “I”.She also learns very fast. She already knows A-Z, a-z, and counts from 1-30.

I think she does have eye contact. When there is stranger inthe same lift, she would look/stare at that person. I ask her to say Hi and shewould wave to the person. But when she knows if the stranger is a friend ofmine, she doesn’t like to get too close to the person. She needs times to warmup.

She doesn’t quite really play with other kids yet. She likesto play with her elder cousins (not really playing together, but she alwayscalls her cousins). When we go to playground with my friends who have kids withsame age, she always likes to run around by herself.

I am sorry for the long post. But I don’t know if I shouldworry about that. We just returned from oversea not too long ago and we havenever visited the Gov’t clinic here in HK. I also don’t know anything about theassessment. I would love to hear any advice here.

HopeLJ

What you mention it seems like your kid just shy and the social skill is weak, and not that many typical autistic features mentioned here.   She has language and eye contact.  24 months a lot of kids don't know how to play with others yet.  Does she has any restrictive behavior?  Does she has imaginative play like doll house, feeding baby, tea party?  

But whether to diagnose as autism spectrum disorder and need relevant therapy you should get an assessment to clear your doubt. I hope your result is ok and just need some social class to improve your kid's skill.

For assessment, if you go to govt clinic to kick off the procedure it is very long time like 8-10 months.  Ask your pedi for referral to CHild assessment center or private one (most pedi should know).  If you really still have absolute no clue, check out Heep hong website  or if you are pure English speaking, try watchdog.

littleape0129

Thanks for your advice. She does have imagination play, like feeding her stuff animals. I think I am a bit worried just because she is always afraid of mew things. I am now potty training her and she doesn't like to sit on her potty.
I found out after a short time of warm up, she does play with other kids.
Do you think I am over-sensitive at this moment as she doesn't show a lot of symptoms?