Nyla resides in a professional foster family.
She has delays in all areas. She shows some autistic activities and interests – playing with rags, alone, with repetitive movements and stereotypes, sniffing and tasting objects. With a high level of dependence and need for support and care at all levels. Served with help from others, fed by an adult, does not use utensils; does not control pelvic tanks, she is afraid of water; lacks autonomy in dressing, eating, toileting.
Per a January 2025 report from the psychologist, in general, the diagnoses which Nyla has are called “working diagnoses” because nothing seems to be solidified. She does not have even autism as a diagnosis, but she shows some signs of it. It seems that a neurologist put the diagnosis for her as delays, however she has not been seen additionally by mental specialists.
In terms of attachment, Nyla reacts to her name only when she hears it from her foster mother. The foster mother shared that since Nyla is very active, she always goes around and touches things, she needs to constantly be looking after her, and that is why she is often put in a play and fold crib where she can stay inside and to limit the possibilities she may harm herself in some way. We observed that Nyla spends a lot of time in that crib doing nothing. She also goes to a daily care center where she has some individual time with specialists such as the speech therapist and psychologist. However, even there we think she just requires a lot of personal attention which the people around her cannot dedicate entirely to her.
Nyla shows curiosity and she also establishes some eye contact, and our psychologist thinks that she may benefit a lot if the therapy she receives is focused on improving her concentration span as she may be able to start learning. She thinks that her delay is around the lower borders of moderate delay, not severe.
