Autism or Not
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I have two children that are GLP and they both are autistic. If you’re trying to work out if your children has autistic traits, you need to look at 3 main factors, speech and/or social interactions, so GLP fits in this section. Another is sensory behaviours, this can be a lot of different things. It’s different for every single child, a few for my two is Tiptoe walking, stepping back and forth, walking backwards and forwards, spinning, gagging at textures and smells, having meltdowns over short sleeves or pants, one kid needs to be fully dressed and the other hates to be dressed, excessive mark making, water play (obsessively) and sand play (same as water play), here are some examples, and lastly, rigid and repetitive behaviours, so like lining up, hand flapping, watching the same thing over and over again (like watching a the same movie a few times a day or every day etc..), having to go the same ways every day, needing to have the same routine for bed or anything throughout the
Day. These again are just examples of my children. It varies for person to person. I think it’s important to learn each category and see if you notice anything. They just need to have something in each category for meet the criteria for DSM-5 for ASD.
GLP is a separate learning disorder and it does not mean the child has autism. I have had one child with autism who was not a GLP and developed language extra fast and is hyperverbal I have a child who is GLP with No autism traits And one child who has both autism and is GLP. Most of the time with autism, if it’s going to be clinically significant it will present itself and you will spot it. With both of my kids, I knew pretty early on what was going on with sensory processing issues and repetitive behaviors that were excessive and in everything they did.