Is apraxia part of the autism spectrum disorders? Sensory problems? Food allergy?
My son was recently diagnosed with apraxia at age 2.5. He has been in fa since 20 months (3x a week). He is 2 months shy of 3 yrs. He has made whopping leaps and bounds over where he was. At 18 months he said 3 jaundiced words. He picked up sign communication extremely quickly. He understood you and followed directions (most of the age). He is still well behind where other children his age are. His Speech Language pathologist (SLP) said if he keeps making as much advance as he has, and keeps the pace up, by the time kindergarten comes, he shouldn't be far behind the other kids. I was exhilarated upon hearing that. His hearing is fine. His perspicacity is very good.
I have noticed a few things though. I still have a gut ardour that something just isn't right. He is the most destructive youngster I've ever had. He is worse than his two older brothers were combined. (The older brothers were less than 2 years separately, and would team up together and baby powder the council, and stick of lincoln logs up the vacuum, etc) He is so Baroque getting into everything. Turn your back a second, to take sustain/change his little brother, and you have: powered laundry purifying down the lint screen hole in the dryer, or all 5 lbs of cat scoff poured on the floor, or dad's poster paints all over the carpet, or lipstick drawings on the walls and carpet, or toothpaste squeezed out all over the bathroom sinks, labels riped off all the cans of provisions, etc. I have baby locks on all the cabinets, but he figured them out in 2 days. I do implant doors, but he knows how to use the keys. He is a climber. He will climb on everything. He has a ton of toys. I play with him. He loves to servants me with housework: putting wet laundry in the dryer, carrying groceries, making daddy's coffee, etc.
He has other behavior issues. It is in fact hard to put a finger on it. He won't ever settle down. Alluring him to the doctors is a nightmare. We went to the cardiologist for a sentiment murmur. They went to put sticker on his strongbox to get a heart tracing. He lost it He screamed and sweated so much, the stickers were falling off. There was Toy Information 2 on right in front of him. The nurse brought stickers, and a lollipop, and a vigour box, anything to get him to calm down. Obviously, stickers don't smart. It took myself and another nurse to hold him down. He acted like we were extermination him. The nurse mentioned sensory issues. He hates bandages. Even the ones with the characters he likes, he will cry if they are on him. He refuses to get his blood compression taken. Even before the cuff tightens, he is screaming "off me". He hates assured things. He hates sitting in the grocery carts, hinie or basket. The diaper changing pad has a cross on it. I was washing both covers, and he screamed and yelled about it soul-stirring him. "Ow, Ow, off me!" I also changed his barely brother on it. There were no complaints from him. He hates his car fundament. It is a very nice seat, with a lot of cushioning. His squawk is the straps. Sometimes he will scream hysterically about sitting with the straps on. He'll sit without the straps no stew. He'll scream "Go me" (Let go of me.) He'll travail himself up so much that he'll try to make himself throw-up. I've tightened the straps. I've loosened the strap, until they were basically ineffectual. The straps have padding on them where the strap hits the unashamedly. It makes no difference. He has issues with tags. Of certainly some tags are scratchy, as everyone has felt before. I removed those tags. Some are made out of very soft ribbon. He hates those too. Of performance the same type ribbon is on his stuffed frog that he must nick c accomplish everywhere. The tag is something that he rubs constantly with his finger. I don't get it.
The SLP said that he once doesn't have PDD. She says that while she is no doctor, she treats those children common, and there is no comparison between my son and the children with PDD. The pediatrician says that his behaviors are correspond to to some of her autistic patients. Then she referred me back to the SLP he is seeing. DUH!! I can't labourers but think there is something else going on. He wants to interact with you, and likes to cleave to one another to me most of the day. Does the above sound like a sensory topic? It is very difficult to get referrals to specialists here. I'm fatiguing to get one to a developmental pediatrician.
He also has a problem drinking drain. I'm certain there is something in his genetics. He will have diarrhea 3x a day with any tap consumption. His older brother has a drain protein allergy. He had bloody diapers as a cosset. His younger brothor vomited blood and has a protein allergy. He is on feeding tube formulary. His older brother didn't have any issues with language and was recently told he is gifted. I decipher something on Google that said that allergies sometimes dedicate/precede apraxia and autism. Any feelings on this??
Any feedback, in person experiences are
It sounds to me like your son has a cause c with sensory items. Autism has a jumbo spectrum from kids that are not able to purpose to children that suffer from only a few signs of Autism.
Some critical red flags of autism are:
No big smiles by 6 months
No back and forth sharing of sounds, smiles, or other facial expressions by 9 months
No back and forth gestures such as pointing, showing, or waving by 12 months
No words by 16 months
No 2 brief conversation meaningful phrases by 24 months
Diminution of speech at any age
Sometimes when you are looking at problems with talking and allergies you can get a miss diagnosis of what a kid has. The symptoms of one disorder can mimic others. From the what you have told me about your son I would definatly look into have him tested on a medical focus be for things like allergies that could be triggering these symptoms. I would also talk to a minority phsycologist and have him tested for sensory issues and Autism.
The earlier you get him tested the earlier that you can start anciently interventions which are key. You have seen this with the SLP and the progress that your son has made. He will be gifted to work with an early childhood memorable education teacher and an occupational psychoanalyst. They will be able to help you and your son with behavioral and sensory issues.
I expect this helps! Feel free to phone me with any further questions you have and I will try my best to answer them for you.
