text: The road to diagnosis | Topics, Having a grandchild on the autism spectrum, Autism, People's Experiences | healthtalk.org
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  Jan works in the field of disabled children but wasn't aware that her grandson was any different to other children for the first two years.
  When Janet's grandson was around two, 'it was like something had switched off and he went introverted'.
  Bryan and Moira thought their grandson was just very quiet, but there were a 'few jangling notes about how quiet'.
  Brian and Lucy's grandson's expression changed soon after he had the MMR vaccination.
  Irene's younger grandson would pick up minute specks off the floor and give them to her. He also didn't like going through doors.
  Helen became concerned when her grandson watched Teletubbies over and over again but didn't pick up any language.
  Sally's grandson could not cope with other children.
  Jan found it upsetting that her twin grandsons would ignore her when she visited and remain glued to the Teletubbies.
  Dorothy's granddaughter became very distressed in supermarkets and danced 'like a little fairy on tippy toes'.
  Dorothy's grandson got very distressed about people coming to the house while his sister was very sociable.
  Helen said that the multi-professional meeting she attended with her daughter was 'the most appalling experience that any set of parents should be expected to go through'.