one good month, followed by an awful one

[Julie]

Hi, I am new to the world of autism. My son, who just turned four has not yet been professionaly diagnosed because of a longgg waiting list to see a specialist so I have a lot of unanswered questions. We did go through the GARS-2 screening and test and we just know that he is affected by this. Anyways, here's my most recent question: Is it typical for kids to have bouts where they do awsome and then go to real bad. For the past few months I've noticed that my son does really great for a month, no screaming, no meltdowns and we can just tell that he's developping so well. Then, it goes to awful for about another month. Is it typical to have bouts like that?

[Motherof3AutisticBoys]

I have had my sons both go for what seems a long stretch of time, where everything is running smoothly and then, all of a sudden, one day it all seems to return.

I think it is a mixture of finding the routine that the children can adhere to and the parent sticking with it. Autistic children are very rigid in the routine department of life.

For example, my moderate Autistic son had a meltdown this morning over a jacket. He has been wearing his heavy jacket, with a hood, for the past few weeks because the weather has warranted it (very cold). All of a sudden we are in the midst of a warm spell so this morning I gave him his lighter weight coat and the meltdown occurred. He wanted his heavy jacket.

I hope this helps.

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[macciuskye]

I do believe this is normal with autism because my son is 5 and is in kindergarten and one week he does really good and the next week I get a bad note in his folder everyday of that week. I think consistiency is best for them but you can't always give them that and it is hard.

[lovemygirl]

I have experienced this with my daughter. as well. For me, I have noticed that periods of time that seem to be less stressful for her are the periods of time she does best. She has cronic sleep issues, If her sleep is going through a good cycle, that helps. If we have little to no company in our home and no play dates, she does better. Weeks that our lives are calm with very few stressors or demands, she feels better. I question whether or not it is environmental, rather than the actual disorder.