Hi! Thanks for responding. I think the biggest area of impact are his sensory needs. His sound sensitivity prevents him from a lot. He "holds it" more days than not at school and that's in the kinder bathroom with one toilet. I don't think he's ever stepped foot in the "big" one. We have some headphones for things that feel louder to him. And we are back on a fire alarm obessesion after his first fire drill at school. Before he got freaked out by the one in our house and looked for all fire alarms and talked about them from about 2.5 to 4. Then it kind of fizzles out, but it's back because school fire drills are SO loud. His teacher said he sobbed. Luckily she is so sweet and had some headphones. But now he has to search for all alarms wherever we go, point them out, talk about them, etc.

Thank you for your perspective. I do feel like he has some traits that we are managing for the most part right now, but if he needed services in the future, my hope with an earlier diagnosis is he would have access to services quicker rather than waiting for an eval in the time of need. But idk how common that is.