Hello everyone, apologies in advance as this got long, I havent given myself the chance to think about this for a while and I got carried away.
I posted a while back about my concerns with my son. We have seen the ped and are now having speech and language therapy. In a nutshell, the ped said he is concerned, but at this age (my son is 22m), it could go either way. He said that troubles with communication has a domino affect on so much, my son cant communicate, so his social skills are poor, etc. He said if it was a speech delay then he would just come on in time, and if he did have learning difficulties we would cross that bridge when we came to it. I totally respect this as he is still quite young.
In the meantime, my son has made some great progress and I find myself going back and forth between him potentially being on the spectrum, or that it is a speech delay. While he does have some rather strong autistic traits, his progress is really good and he shows promise! But then on the other hand, most children on the spectrum have to progress eventually. I suppose Im still looking for answers no one can really give me at the minute. Im sure most of us have heard 'give it time' at once point in our SEN childrens' journeys, so Im sure you can sympathise with the frustration!
My sons eye contact has really picked up, hes started to respond to his name well and a light seems to have flicked on. Hes no longer vacant and isolated, of a fashion - he still likes to play alone and often removes himself from groups but its improving. He also said his first word, cat! Hes starting to wave and claps when I say "Yay!". He still flaps quite a lot, and still isnt pointing or communicating with me his needs. I think because he isnt having tantrums or sleeping problems, I think in my head perhaps he wont be on the spectrum after all.
I just dont know, I feel like I accept things are the way they are for a long time but then catch myself thinking about the future and just wanting some more information. What was your LO like around 22m before diagnosis? Thanks for reading!
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Back and forth between ASD and speech delay, anyone with similar exp?
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Mrsremlab · 11/02/2019 12:09
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