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Question by Barbara: How would you handle a spouse who is in complete denial about your toddlers autism diagnosis?
My husband and I are married almost 4 years. Second marriage for both of us. I have a son and he has a son from our first marriages. We have a beautiful baby boy named Danny who is 22 months old and just diagnosed autistic. Danny lost his speech, lines things up, rocks and bangs head, tantrums a lot, is hypersensitive to noise and water, won’t even get in tub anymore. He never responds to his name and stares at wheels on toy cars and spins them. My husband says that Danny is mechanical and that is why he likes wheels and that he just “has nothing to say” so he stopped talking. He says Danny will “grow out of this” and I’m creating drama. Does he think that therapists come here two times a day for no reason? How do you deal with someone in denial like this? It makes me angry and I feel alone with all this. He won’t talk about Danny’s future at all.
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Answer by bgirl28nj
That’s really not good at all that your husband won’t work with the problem. That in itself is going to cause more problems for your son and for your marriage. Your going to have to keep treating Danny in speech therapy as well as all of the other threapies that go along with it, don’t give up on your son (I can tell you won’t) but your husband is going to have to help out because ignoring autism can actually make Danny’s problem worse. Your going to have to drill it into his head or bring him along to a visit with your son’s physician. Men are real morons sometimes.
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Question by rollings83: How do doctors diagnose Autism in toddlers?
I think my 3 1/2yr old daughter may have Autism. Since birth, she’s always been a little distorted when it comes to emotions and speaking. But with her being so young, what kind of tests could be done accurately to help her be diagnosed/or not with this??
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Answer by mominohio
They don’t do a diagnosis earlier than 3 years old. They say the toddlers have autistic tendencies but don’t actually do testing until 3 years old. There are signs but some kids outgrow them by 3 years old (alot of them do actually, i know my son did) so they just don’t test until then. I have heard the DR’s say to parents “your child has autistic tendencies or bipolar tendencies or whatever so we will have to watch him/her closely to see if this is something they can outgrow”.
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