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[quote=Anonymous]My DS who is 3 has passed every autism screening he’s had. He also had a full evaluation by our infants and toddlers early intervention program last year and it was normal and showed he’s very bright, verbal, social, and hitting all developmental milestones. But he has some serious behavioral challenges, that are leading me to wonder if it’s possible he might have ASD or some other issue?

To be clear, he doesn’t have what I know are the typical signs of ASD, but he does have restricted interests (obsessed with trucks and vehicles - but I know many boys this age are), GI issues (stool holding and chronic constipation), refusal to toilet train and anxiety about using the toilet, severe picky eating (we have tried feeding therapy, he avoids basically all meat and veggies and lives on a limited diet of white, tan and orange foods), unusual sleeping habits (he had to snuggle on mom or dad to fall asleep, and wakes and comes into bed with us nightly - freaks out if we try to get him in his bed alone - sleep training was a huge fail with him), and  seems to have what I might describe as stims - he is obsessed with my stomach and belly button and often tries to pick my belly button when he gets anxious. He also can be very aggressive - had bit me and dad, can attack sister when he gets angry etc.

I’ve been working with a lot of different specialists on the various health issues and our pediatrician is aware of all of this and said I might want to consider a KKI evaluation (but didn’t specify what for) but didn’t seem to feel strongly about it. So I guess what I’m asking, is it possible for only behavior issues like this to be ASD? Or something else? I know a lot about ASD (used to work with special needs children and my nephew has and I was one of the first people to suspect it) and he doesn’t fit the typical profile but I know his behavior is not typical and I’m struggling for how to approach it holistically. Right now it’s been focused on the acute issues (GI for stool holding, feeding therapist for feeding) but I am starting to be concerned there’s a larger issue at play.

WWYD in this situation? [/quote]

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