Mum details early signs of autism she spotted in child before she had even turned one
dailyrecord.co.ukA mum has described how she spotted some signs that her young daughter was autistic at just six months old. Mum-of-two, Sarah McGill, said that her concerns began when her daughter Niamh, now aged six, did not want to interact with others from an early age.
Sarah, from Derry in Northern Ireland, said signs that Niamh had Autism Spectrum Disorder emerged when she was just six-months-old, however she was not formally diagnosed until the age of three.
The Mirror reports that her local GP turned Sarah away, ruling out the possibility of autism on a number of occasions. She said: "At six months we started to notice that my daughter didn’t like to be around anyone except myself and my husband, she was constantly crying."At that time we thought it was colic as the GP had ruled out everything else.
Although in hindsight I can recognise that it was sensory overload."Her environments were too overstimulating for her and her crying was the only communication tool she had at that time."Niamh hit all her infant milestones late and some not at all.
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