Fingers

My son does this looks at his hands and clasps them together hard. He’s autistic

at what age did he get diagnosed my son is 18m he’s not getting no where with the HV she seems to keep saying to watch him and take him to children centers I just want him to get some help.

It was only a couple of months ago so he was 2.5 but we’d been battling since he was 18 months because we absolutely knew he was autistic. Just keep at it and don’t let them fob you off. It’s a lot of hoop jumping I won’t lie but it’s worth it to get a diagnosis at a young age so they can get the support they need.

I will try again she even assessed him but said I need to take him to socialise he’s not speaking atm and has lots of sensory problems

We got told the same thing which we did just to say we’ve been doing it. My son is also non verbal

Did they diagnosis him with a speech delay? My son was at 18 months which got us into therapy and then was recently diagnosed with autism at 24 months. It is a lot of work staying on them but see if you can get a speech delay diagnosis to at least start him in therapy for now

Also my son doesn’t squeeze his hands together but he squeezes us! He constantly has to squeeze and pinch, it’s a sensory thing

my son can say some words but even still he’s not behaving same as other children he struggles with sensory issues. He spins toys like to ignore and not responsive.

the annoying thing because he has some words she refused speech she said it’s best to wait. She told me he needs socialisation nd that he needs to be with other children.