Dear Dr,
I have a 21 month old son, who loves to be in a social environment, tries to play with other kids and seems to be tracking slightly slow in his speaking skills.
He clearly indicates a behavior that has started troubling us - he loves to spin wheels or tries to spin circles, he does this for 5-8mins with one toy/car and then moves on to the next toy/car and does the spinning again.
We've hid his cars at home - so there is no spinning at home but when we go for play-dates or to the museum or to nursery school he eagerly searches for the cars and spins them.
A doctor (development pediatrician) indicted that he may be borderline autism - that has me very concerned and every act he does (even minor) like jumping or lack of appetite or flapping makes me worried that he may be autistic
The question I have - should i worry, should I get him tested for autism?
Another doctor mentioned that he just has an OCD - I'm worried and don't know the right channels to approach
Can you advice?