I don't wanna intrude but I see a lot of you saying this looks like normal play. As someone who has worked with autistic children I just wanna say firstly that every child with autism is different and it manifests in a variety of different ways and that even NT children may do a couple of things which are considered autism signs. However this play is definitely a little different from the play of neurotypical 3 year old children. I also want to say that Tessie is an absolutely adorable little girl and although her play isn't 'typical' ' it is still a completely valid way of her expressing herself. 1. Doing the same thing with her figurines repetitively in a non-scenario way. NT 3 year olds are generally capable of acting out small scenes with their figurines, so for example if they were given the boat and figurines an NT 3 year old would typically put a couple in the boat, perhaps one driving then push the boat to mimic sailing, likely using words to convey the meaning such as 'they are sailing' or 'boat is going wheee' or something like that. Tessie doesn't seem to use her toys to act out scenarios, for example with the screwdriver, a NT child would likely make believe and pretend to screw screws in the wall (if they knew how a screwdriver was used). When Tessie drags it across the wall it doesn't seem purposeful and leading onto the next point she doesn't respond to mums suggestion that she's fixing the wall, a NT 3 year old child would likely confirm to mum that that IS what they are doing, even if the child is non-verbal at this age a non-autistic child would be expected to give eye contact and smile to confirm that this is how they are playing. Tessie also seems to enjoy banging to create noise, which is normal in younger children, however by 3 most children will have grown out of this phase. She also seems like she really likes spoons! Being attatched to non-teddy objects can be common in autistic children, whereas NT children will generally create an attatchment to a teddy or a dolly because they have human-like features and they can act out ot reflect the care they are given as children as NT children often learn by copying what adults do. 2. Lack of engagement with mums speech or questions. Tessie generally doesn't seem to play co-operatively in the sense that she doesn't seem to acknowledge her mums questions about her play or verbal suggestions on how to move the play forward, for example when mum suggested one of her figurines was steering the boat, it wasn't acknowledged either verbally with words or non-verbally by eye contact and then making the figuring continue to steer the boat, or moving the boat. This is also apparent when mum asks 'are you making a baby bed?' Tessie doesn't engage whereas although NT-toddlers can sometimes ignore you if they are playing generally they would either grab the baby to put it in the blankets, shake their head no to communicate that this isn't what they are doing or say 'yes' and grab baby. 3. Fine detail texture fixation, when she explored the cushion she was very focused on the individual sequins and their texture, this can be normal if its the first time a child is in contact with the material, however as mum said that it was her favourite thing its safe to assume she's experienced the texture before, autistic play with the cushion can also manifest in a child spending a significant period making sure the sequins ae all the same way and colour and both can be a form of sensory input for autistic children. NT children will generally realise that if they manipulate the sequins in the right way they can make lines and pictures with the sequins and will often explore this. Fixation on detail is a classic autism sign. 4. Seemingly aimless running. Obviously most toddlers are hyperactive (and some NT children do do this too) but autistic children have been known to run seeminly aimlessly in circles or around with no purpose, they aren't running to get anywhere and they're not running because it's part of a game. It's a form of self stimulatory behaviour and combined with the hand stimming it definitely appears to be an autistic behaviour in this case. 5. Not wanting to share experiences/ lack of joint attention in play. When Tessie is playing with the light (which can be used as a great calming tool for autistic children!) she makes no attempt to share her enjoyment with mum by giving eye contact and smiling or pointing at the light and looking at mum. NT children will generally do whats known as a 3 point gaze, they'll look at the object, look at mum and smile to signal that 'i'm really ejoying this!' then go back to playing with the light or they will look at the light, look at mum and point at the light as if to say 'look!' and look back at the light. She also stays fixated on the light for a long time when considering toddlers relatively short attention spans, indicating that this may be providing her with sensory relief.

Thank you so much for sharing this part of your world with us. I’m actually crying right now because this is the first time I’ve seen a child play like our Nikolai ( Niko) who also just turned 3. We are waiting for our intake for evaluation and feeling so overwhelmed and worried but it makes my heart so full to see another beautiful child playing the way Niko plays! It just makes me feel less alone and that HE is less alone! Thank you!!

My 3 year old son was diagnosed with ASD and GDD twice when he was 2 and then again at 2 1/2 by two different doctors. He did show signs of autism including head banging, speech delay, no joint attention, no eye contact, no responding to his name. He started ABA therapy and within a week I stated seeing improvement. Mind you, when the pandemic started it was me and him and dad in the house 24/7, and yes he was watching a lot of TV. After that second diagnosis we stated to socialize him a lot more, took him out more and then ABA started. The second week of ABA he requested to go to the bathroom all on his own (potty training wasn’t our priority AT ALL just yet) so we were shocked because he initiated it. Now he’s almost completely trained, except for night. He’s been doing ABA for about 3 months now, full time, and now he seems like a whole different kid. He loves his peers, has eye contact, requests a lot of items, head banging completely stopped, responds to his name, he plays with his toys and pretends his animals are talking to one another, pretends his Dino 🦕 is chasing his other animals. Lots of pretend play and his imitation skills are amazing ! Could he been misdiagnosed? His speech is still delayed and he is a very picky eater but Other than that he’s outgrown almost every symptom.

My 3 year old Mathias was diagnosed in October. In reference to their play the similarities are endless. He says momma and dada off and on functionally. It melted my heart when she said her name. Many won't understand the joy of a 3 yo saying her name but girl I celebrate with you. Funny how ppl say her play is how typically developing children play too. But we know better than that. Thanks for sharing a peice of your life to assist moms just like you.

My almost 7 year didn't play at all until around 4. They won't diagnose her with autism but my mommy heart knows. Girls with autism still have trouble being diagnosed, so frustrating. So many things we have gone through with her but no one listens. Her angry outbursts and hour long explosions have torn us apart. They just keep trying adhd meds which help with focus but makes her more emotional.

I love Sadie's laugh!! 😀💖 and Tessie's laughter is so adorable!!!!!! 😄♡♡♡♡ Bless her sweet little heart she's so cute!! Loved hearing Tessie say 'Hi.' 'Go' I think was another one.. and just overall loved watching her play, so adorable seeing what she gets up to! 😊❤💜 xoxoxo

She is ABSOLUTELY Precious ❤🥹

She is soooooo cute, I love her princess dresses,and that wonder pet set is cool. I wish they had that when my teens were little lol..I love watching Tessie play..

Thank you for this! ❤

Tessie is such an adorable little sweetie pie.😇👍

My oldest granddaughter acts in the same way. Her younger sister interacts and will follow simple commands at 15 months, while her older sister does not. This little girl is so adorable. She reminds me of Mime so much. Its like she is in her own little world.

Had a weird situation with a hearing specialist tell us our daughter has autism by the way she acts but hasn’t seen her play or hasn’t done any proper testing to she’s trying to say words and will even attempt to say words with you and seems to play pretty differently to your child and now has just confused the heck out of us thank you for the video

Does she always drink from the same specific bottle? I have child recently diagnosed with Autism at 2 years.

mom, you look so gorgeous!!!!💋my son jimmy is 2 1/2 and your videos are soo amazing and helpful. your family is beautiful❣️

I'm wondering about my 3yr old neice. She hasn't spoke yet and she doesn't express alot of emotions and she tends to play by herself all the time, even though she has 3 brothers?? Should I point this out to my brother??

Oh no! My 3yrs old son is doing all of this. Maybe he's also autistic? Will they live a normal life as they grow old? I'm so scared and worried.

omg my 3 year old destroys folded laundry piles it's like he doesnt like neatness lol

Thank you for sharing video.. My son is 2.5 and have exact behavior. We are going to start the therapy soon.. Can you please share how is she doing now ? Did therapy helped her ? Hoping for the best...!

Great video thank you for your insights and time. I am completely devastated, I feel like my little girl has been taken away from me. She used to point, talk to us but now shes a shell of herself. This is the hardest thing any parent will ever have to go through and I dont wish this on my worst enemies. God I hope , I pray we can find a cure or get more answers for this in our lifetime. thanks again for taking the time to put together this video and best of luck on your journey 🙏🙏🙏

She looks just like my daughter almost like they're twins! My daughter is 2 1/2 though but she behaves a lot like Tessie does and she's got an autism evaluation coming soon.

I have a 21/2year old greatgrandaughter with autisum spectrum it is good to see some of what she may go through she will need to go to a special school which will be hard for her to be away everyday from her family I'm hoping she will be ok

My son was recently diagnosed with level 2 autism at 3 years old. the only concerns which I saw were no speech ( although he says his nursery rhymes, shapes, colors, animal names, and many other things ) but not able to communicate or ask questions or exclaim at certain new things. Also, he just likes to keep running in the house with a same tone of noise from one same point to another. Positively, he gets involved socially really well with other kids while playing with them. i don't know too much about meltdowns but he likes to watch youtube kids on the phone a lot so when the phone battery dies or the phone is taken away from him when he is enjoying his yotube, he would jump around and cry & scream but calm down once I pick him, nothing too crazy though.

Mam how is your kids now. We started therapy without diagnosing. Based on symptoms we stared for my 3yr son. Any advice ?

Madam, We are going through the same my daughter is 3.6 years old and she can't talk. She cannot communicate. She has Autism and I don't know what to do. Where are we going wrong? How to engage her? We are just 3 in the family in Australia. We don't have anyone to come and visit us. Is it good that we both work? Do Autistic child needs more time and attention? They want definitely but is it necessary to give them? Is ABA good like lizard?

Hi , has she joined some therapy or she learnt her self those activities she able to do now

She looks bored. Maybe she isn’t because she has lots of fun toys! It just looks like she is like “I’m over these toys! 🙄” Thanks for sharing!

Hi I am watching this video and you beautiful daughter looks the same as my daughter. My daughter was diagnosed with autism, and I’m worried about if she will be verbal in the near future. My daughter is 36 months and she doesn’t talk at all… could you just tell me if your daughter started speaking?

It's about organization?

Could you maybe also give examples on how this is different to a typical developing child ? As I don’t see anything wrong really with how she’s playing for the most part

My son is 3 years old and plays the same way ur daughter does

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My daughter 3 and I asked her teacher if I should test her for autism but she recommends to test her at 7 year old.

I know is a late comment but do you have any advise I just found out my son has autism and he is 2 I’m so distraught!

How much of the behavior is because she is tired? If my child was laying down in between play , I would think she needs a nap. Is that true for this?

Can we have a chat actually my baby advika is also facing problem of asd & I m very much worried

Tessie how are you? I love you so much ..I saw my son in you. I am too afraid to start anything..

My 3 years kid diagnosed with mild autism. He is gng for speech and OT . He is going fine and able to understand few commands but he still did not talk even a single word. Therapist also working a lot and I am literally upset and stressing a lot thinking about my kid future . Can anyone advise me please 😢😢😢 I know worrying alone won't support my kid but being a lot is very difficult gng through this. Do autism kids can shine a independent life in future ? Can anyone share me a good positive things or advise for me. I am literally stressing about this in my mind a lot. Even I am not sleeping and always I am thinking about my kid 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😩😩

This is the girl Version of my son wow

dude i used to line up toys all the time as a only child it was fun. I had an order for each one. maybe I'm autistic? idk I feel normal

please don't worry these all movements are seen even in normal child

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Hi, could you help a little here, so my doc thinks my son who is 2.5 have autism. I have seen a lot of videos n read so much about autism and I am so confused because my son doesn’t have 90% of what an autism child would. He knows his abc,numbers, few songs and few words, he sleeps well eats well listens to me most of the times and respond to me sometimes times when I call his name, but when a stranger calls his name he doesn’t respond at all, although he would go to anyone with a smile, laugh at games they play with him. Doesn’t do repetitive acts, he does do eye contact with us , he is very attached to me, he love me kissing him hugging him. Now since your more experienced what do you think about this as I believe my son don’t have autism . Any suggestions will be helpful as I’m so much worried n confused . Thank you

What does she do when you don't interact with her?

Looks like a normal little girl playing to me….you doctors are quick to diagnose. That child is normal.

It's looks to me that the way all kids at this age play

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Does she line up her toys?

Get rid of the commercials

I noticed with my daughter some of these youtube channels are quite bad in being so stimulating and hyperactive. Baby shark is a good example. Very fast motions and not any normal talking. Cocomelon and Little Baby Bum are not too bad as they teach colours and numbers. But I really try and steer away from anything that's TOO stimulating and has that really weird high pitched nasally voice. It creeps me out

Does she talk now

Mam is she level 3 autistic???

It seems to me like the mom baby talks her and she is holding her back. All kids ( toddlers included) act completely DIFFERENT when they see you with your camera recording them on commands. Lastly, it looks like she IS OBVIOUSLY TIRED. She is soothing herself with sucking her thumb while throwing herself on the ground or trampoline basically saying”””” please stop asking dumb questions or talking about nothing, stop m recording me and let me go take a nap”. Autism or not….. speak to your child with a bit more confidence and authority. Then you may see more from her. I think she is reacting to the way you speak to her.

I see toys. No learning (abc, 123 or shapes)

Do you expect her to play the piano for you or write you a novel at that age?? Shes playing normally. God you people expect your kids to act like adults right away. Shes still practically a baby!!!

I think people are too quick to say they have diagnosed them. Goddamn