Lilith
01-15-2005, 11:49 AM
[COLOR=DarkRed]Hey all. I'm Lilith and I have a 19 month old daughter named Alexis.
Recently, we've been told Alexis is Autistic to some degree.
I can honestly say they didn't particularly elaborate for me.
They just say she's on the spectrum and when she turns two years old she will have an assessment.
My husband and I had always suspected that Alexis was Autistic or maybe even GDD but once the doctors had said, 'We suspect Autism' it really sunk in then. That's what was happening and we need to help our child, even though an offical diagnosis had not yet been made.
Alexis will sit alone for hours if we let her. She'd be perfectly happy, sat down staring at her hands. She holds her hands infront of her face and looks drawn in by them. She'll shake her hands infront of her eyes and make herself jump. She won't be phased by this and just carries on. She's also beginning to do the same with her feet, while she is laying on her back.
When we call her she doesn't respond to us. She doesn't respond to her name at all. I look at her and her eyes won't focus on me, they're somewhere else. I've tried to get her to look at me without success. She will concentrate on the sky, however. When we're out, she'll try to throw herself backwards to watch the sky. She'll hold her hands upwards as she is laying as if she is trying touch the clouds.
She has an obsession with water. She sees water and she dives towards it. She wants to touch it and play with it, she's quite happy at bathtime but when it's time to get out, she'll scream and cry and kick. My husband has before now put a bowl of water on the dining table and let her sit there with it because she wouldn't stop crying when she was taken from the bath.
If I pick her up for a kiss she'll just stay in my arms and not hold onto me, or look up to me for kisses but other times she will smile and come to me with her arms open and hug me and kiss me.
Anyway, it's just my introduction.
I'm glad to have found this site, I'd love to talk to other parents.
Take Care
Lilith :) [/COLOR]
Recently, we've been told Alexis is Autistic to some degree.
I can honestly say they didn't particularly elaborate for me.
They just say she's on the spectrum and when she turns two years old she will have an assessment.
My husband and I had always suspected that Alexis was Autistic or maybe even GDD but once the doctors had said, 'We suspect Autism' it really sunk in then. That's what was happening and we need to help our child, even though an offical diagnosis had not yet been made.
Alexis will sit alone for hours if we let her. She'd be perfectly happy, sat down staring at her hands. She holds her hands infront of her face and looks drawn in by them. She'll shake her hands infront of her eyes and make herself jump. She won't be phased by this and just carries on. She's also beginning to do the same with her feet, while she is laying on her back.
When we call her she doesn't respond to us. She doesn't respond to her name at all. I look at her and her eyes won't focus on me, they're somewhere else. I've tried to get her to look at me without success. She will concentrate on the sky, however. When we're out, she'll try to throw herself backwards to watch the sky. She'll hold her hands upwards as she is laying as if she is trying touch the clouds.
She has an obsession with water. She sees water and she dives towards it. She wants to touch it and play with it, she's quite happy at bathtime but when it's time to get out, she'll scream and cry and kick. My husband has before now put a bowl of water on the dining table and let her sit there with it because she wouldn't stop crying when she was taken from the bath.
If I pick her up for a kiss she'll just stay in my arms and not hold onto me, or look up to me for kisses but other times she will smile and come to me with her arms open and hug me and kiss me.
Anyway, it's just my introduction.
I'm glad to have found this site, I'd love to talk to other parents.
Take Care
Lilith :) [/COLOR]