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Toddler tantrums

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  • Unless you have lived it you can't see the difference. It has to be seen to be believed, it sounds far fetched when you explain it to a 3rd party
    Blackpool_Saver is female, and does not live in Blackpool

  • The more I read the more I see the spectrum behaviours which my son had at this age. He is now fully diagnosed with Autism, he was originally diagnosed 'just' ADHD. The food not touching, the routines, the routes having to be the same. The has to be Now, the odd sense of time, it's all there....
    My son has Aspergers, and i have it myself, agree with you, my thoughts are its spectrum related and i'd also say PDA as well. OP look up Pathological demand avoidance.
    EDit, Link included.
    https://www.autism.org.uk/about/what-is/pda.aspx
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