Autism checklist?

[momofnerds]

I had a boy just like the way you describe your dcb. I knew when I got him at 18months that something was up. I chalked it up to him being in a bad daycare. but as time went on and he got older, he was clearly different than the other kids. His first big thing was that he walked on his toes so badly, it was so bad at one point that he was stepping on any child or baby that was on the floor. When I would talk to him he would look like I had 2 heads, the obssession. The obssession of one thing over and over again. Then the biggest thing was the way he acted out in public. He would (at this point he was 4 or 5) ask strangers questions, embarressing questions to boot. He would just go up to them and ask them questions or talk to them. Also, the way he would interact with the kids, it was weird, nothing like I've seen before.

so I always hinted to the parents but they kept saying that he'll fix himself when he gets to school. Others started to notice too, even relatives started to notice, but one time gpa even asked me if I thought there was something wrong. Gpa knew something was up and he did mention it to the parents but they just said that gpa was a busy body.

so dcb starts school, he starts getting notes after notes, mom gets called in and nothing happens. (dcb got off the bus here and mom would gripe about the teacher) so dcb goes to kindy, grade 1 and then grade 2. Same thing, all mom does is gripe about the teachers that they are just awful that they don't know what they are talking about. At this time, since dcb was older he started to disturb the classes with his sound effects, his snorting, being loud.

but something happened in grade 2, I don't know what cause dcb stopped coming here (mom didn't want to pay 5 dollars a day so he can get off the bus here and be here for 45 min) but suddenly he started to go to all sorts of appointments, my kids even said that he is now pulled out of class to see certain therapists (my kids are older and are monitors for the little kids) mom won't say anything. ( I was watching the sibling)

but (omg this is long) do you know what the dad use to say to me--"maybe when the kids make fun of him then he'll stop walking on his toes" "maybe when the kids laugh at him, he'll stop acting the way he does"

I should add, that there are issues on the bus too. No one wants to sit with dcb, because its like he has a touchy feely thing for the kids, but sometimes he'll just start to punch the kids. Bus driver has talked to the family about this, but again parents then blame the bus driver (she's and awesome bus driver, one of the bestest we had)

what I did find was that even thou dcb goes for help (I hope he goes for help) the parents are still in denial, after years of this. Instead of trying to help him or fix some of his problems, they are just still blaming others and are not doing anything (instead of engaging dcb in activities, dcb will sit for hours apon hours playing video games)

another thing, I'm not sure if this would be related (but you never know) is dcb only ate processed food. His diet consistant of chicken nuggets, canned soup and french fries and lunchables. No fruit or veggies and colored juice, this was his whole life so far (don't ask how I know, I do, I just can't say how i know)

so I looked up aspergers when I had dcb and he had most of the syptems to a T. I never said that to the parents, but I have a feeling the school did.

I do hope the parents do something early before a child goes to school.