Yes it is worrying Jen as it seems to be worse than usual. However, whilst it is worse in that she is not communicating verbally or in writing, it is also better than the usual silences as she is interacting with the family, smiling, hugging, doing chores and so on today. We called the neuro-psychiatrist this morning and reported to him how she is acting. He feels from our description, that at least part of it is her autism. Under stress, autistics can regress. Speech is usually one of the first things to go for Evie, it has been that way her entire life, we had simply forgotten that aspect. Since she now has PTSD, we often overlook that she is also autistic.

We are going to watch her closely over the next few days and the psychiatrist would like to see her as soon as possible. We have an appointment for Wednesday.