You know it’s extremely stressful having to wait to know if my kid is okay. Is it a speech delay? Is it anxiety? Is it autism? We won’t know, possibly until up to 5 years old. I just hate waiting around wondering if she’s on target or wondering why she gets sensory overload and has to plug her ears and close her eyes. Wondering why she blatantly ignores me when I call her name. She only responds occasionally. The back and forth of “well she did it this one time but never again”, the explaining to other parents that my kid is overloaded with anxiety around other children to the point of crying and plugging her ears. Squinting her eyes. Trying to hide. It’s worrisome and I’m so sick of hearing “every kid is different I’m sure she’s fine” or “you guys have plenty of normal moments, you’re just worrying too much.” I just want an answer as to what the hell is going on.