My grandson is 25. At 7 years old, he experienced ticks, such as plucking out his hair. He was always been socially awkward. Never looking anyone in the eyes, making inappropriate comments and never showing any emotion. He tends to become obsessed with certain things. When he was 5 years old, he was obsessed with the movie "Titanic" and must have watched it over 100 times, sitting through the whole movie. He has been obsessed with YouTube conspiracy theories videos to the point that he doesn't… read more
Check and see if your areas has a work program for people with autism. If the do, they can have someone shaddow the job to help them.
We have a friend whose child is suspected of having tourettes and ASD, only has the dx of toyrettes though, for girls it can be a long time before a dx of ASD is ever applied.
My kids are 14 and 12. Nice to meet you!