I was told over and over “why are you going to early intervention” or “he is only 2, he is just being a boy” or “he just doesn’t like people” WELL… I am glad I finally stopped listening to people around me and went with my gut feeling. So R is in the grey area of Autism so I really have no clue about children who are more on the spectrum than he is. He is very high functioning and to someone who isn’t with him 24 hours a day he will seem fine. But as the caregiver 24/7 I am the one who sees all these things. I wish I would have done EI before now. He has 3 short months with them before he turns 3 and they drop him from the program. So, our primary focus it to get him adjusted to being in social settings with more than 3 children with out freaking out or playing in a corner by himself. He was evaluated and it is nice to have someone who will work with him 2 days a week. We have been blessed to be fast tracked in the system and he has been enrolled in 2 of the groups one which is run by our service advocate. With luck they can also help get him into a good pre-school setting. Primarily for the socialization.
For our little guy being very low level autistic is not a stigma but just a small hurdle he much work to overcome. His social anxiety can be worked with now will hopefully help him when he is older. Welcome to our new adventure…