Autism?

     First post for 2013! Well nothing too terribly exciting. Mostly this will be about some things I have been thinking about, and maybe even gets some of my readers thoughts on the subject? And the subject is ........AUTISM. In the very beginning of this journey (late summer 2011) I had a tiny little thought "is he autistic?" I brushed it off. When we took him to the Dennis Developmental Center in Aug to have him evaluated they immediatley excluded autism because he has good eye contact and is very "touchy". The thought has come and gone over this past year...maybe he is, maybe he isnt. I finally got the nerve to research the different types of autism and see if he had any of the characteristics. He does. Yes their are autistic kids that are cuddly and will look you square in the eye, and not all of them are musical geniuses  Anyways I am going to to list the behaviors I see in Ian and maybe someone who knows anything on the subject can give me some insight:

1. Flapping arms when excited

2. EXTREME tantrums that sometimes come from nowhere

3. speech delay (says MAYBE 3 words)

4. excessive spinning wheels (he will spin wheels on a car pinwheel or anything for as long as you let him)

5. fascinated with water                                                   

6. fascinated with ceiling fans and light switches

7. HATES HATES HATES getting dressed

8. Seems happier alone sometimes
9. When upset he will throw whatever is in his hands then cry for it back just to do it again

    Theres probly some more that will come to me later but those are the main ones. He goes back to Dennis Developmental Center Feb 12th. I will be very interested to see what they think of him now. I have several friends that think he is, but I have been very careful I dont want to label it just yet but then again if he is on the autistic spectrum we need to know ASAP and learn how deal with that. If somebody has experienced this first hand or knows a lot about the subject please feel free to e-mail me chastity_16_99@yahoo.com

    Im not sure if I posted on the last one that Ian will have new tubes put in soon and while they are doing that they will go ahead and do a hearing screen while he is sedated. He just doesnt like anything touching his head or ears and completley freaks when we try to do a hearing screen awake.  So thats all for now!! Thanks for reading...really.