I have got a little girl who just turned 21M and I am a bit concerned about her language development. Now , she has over a 100 single words and uses them in appropriate contexts . She has good joint attention and does interact with people by smiling and waving , she always follows my point . She asks for what she wants by using words and can imitate and point to her or ours body parts . I reckon her understanding is good but I am not sure what’s appropriate for her age . She can understand “no” and lets go outside , get the shoes , bring the baby doll to mom , give daddy a hug , clean the floor , be gentle , time to brush your teeth and bath time . She has started to string two words together like : daddy go , big bus and sit mummy etc , more milk ..
Still not keen on answering simple questions with regularity like do you want milk etc .. I know it is a skill kids develop between 18 and 24 months but I am not sure . She is a toe walker since she was 15 months , she started to walk at 12 and I know it is a huge red flag but we have taken her to see an orthopaedic specialist , Gp and no one was concerned . ( she never toe walks with shoes but almost 80 % indoors barefoot ) .
She can identify familiar people in pictures and send kisses . She can focus on a story or a book and can sit still for a long while if she is watching something she enjoys.
Other things that concern me is that she tends to twirl her wrists when tired or excited but only for a few seconds and I have been told that to be consistent with stimming it has to be done for multiple hours a day .
Food wise she seems to be on the picky side . Since she was 15 months we have had ups and downs . She eats what we give her like . Pasta with veggies and olive oil , homemade meatballs , spinach and Brie sauce , she loves raw veggies like carrots and cucumbers, but lately she seems to eat but pulls a face like sour taste at every food she has ?
She also has an amazing memory with regards to nursery rhymes and can count to 10 ( red flag ? )
She doesn’t stuck up blocks only magnetic legos . She makes tower with those .
Socially she is very shy and wary of strangers if they try to pick her up
Do you see anything that I don’t ? I have read about GLP ( gestalt language processor ) but don’t know what age it starts or how it presents really ☺️
She passed the MCHAT test and ASQ for now and gp and hv won’t address her eating because she is above average in height and very healthy weight ( she looks more like a 3 year old ) ☺️.
I know no one can have a definite answer but is there anything that points out ASD to you . I just want to give her the best I can