Our 4 year old son has been assessed for developmental delays for over a year and they have still yet to make a diagnosis. I guess because a he does so many things as "normal". Loves role play, very imaginative, extremely affectionate and loving.
He tries playing with his peers although as he cant converse sometimes the other kids look at him a little strange because of the babbling. He has plenty of words and starting to put 2 - 4 word sentences but can't answer simple questions like "what did you do at school today?" "what is your favourite TV show" etc even though he knows the answers.
He has some fine motor & sensory issues but aside from that if it wasn't for the the lack of conversation you wouldn't think he was any different.
The paeds, psychologist, speech therapists and OT's don't tend to think he is autistic but we believe he may be on the spectrum.
All we want is to do the best for him regardless. Has anyone else had a similar experience who can advise?
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4 year old can't answer questions or conversational, autistic?
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Ryanbrit81 · 26/07/2017 15:02
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