To want to shout it from the rooftops - my autistic DS has started to talk!

[Bobbybobbins]

My autistic DS is 4 and about to start school. He spoke until 2 then had a massive regression and stopped talking completely.

Just this past two weeks he has started saying single words again.

I don't want to go on about it to everyone I meet, even though I feel like I could.

He might say 'I love you' soon!

How lovely! That must be utterly amazing to hear. I hope it all comes back in a flood for him now, seems like it is with the "bye" loud and proud to the cashier.

Bravo, so delighted for you.

Brilliant

I remember when my son (dxd with autism at 28 months) said his first words from 3.5 yrs old, it was everything to me. By 6 he had about 30 words, by 8 about 100 words, by 10 he managed to put 2 or 3 words together accurately (although most of his sentences were echolalic). He is now nearly 15 and every word he says is still a treat and our mini conversations are golden.

Good luck OP and huge huge well done to you and your son xx

How lovely!

Oh OP this has brought me to tears with how fantastic this is! Go DS! Enjoy every word

Yay! That's amazing!! It'm so pleased for you!

My 4 year old who is in the middle of autism assessment didn't say a single word, point or gesture until she was 2 and a half. She mostly uses stock phrases but can put together short sentences of her own now. She has very very recently said for the first time "love mommy" and I think I may have cried!

Go BabyBobby! Well not a baby, but alliteration worked!

Awesome!!

I’m so pleased for you 😊

Fantastic, I remember my brother doing this, he was a little older than your son, it’s a lovely story about how he started but maybe too outing on here :) he now speaks beautifully and is 30! 😊 lovely news regarding your son!

Obviously he’s autistic too

Congratulations: that is lovely news. Thank you for sharing.

So so pleased for you and your lovely son - am mum of 3 year old DS with autism who is preverbal too.

That’s wonderful Bobby
So happy for you !

Aw how bloody wonderful! You must be over the moon, Im so happy for you both 😊

Oh that's wonderful! Well done Bobby's ds, you little star. We are a speech delayed house here too - I can just imagine how wonderful you must feel 😊

This is lovely and a reminder that we should appreciate everything more.

Fantastic news. You must be over the moon.

What a special thing, OP. My DD said 'love you mummy' just this week at 3.5. Another here with ASC and lots of echolalia and scripted answers. So I am blatantly ignoring that DH taught her to say it because it was a nice thing cos she said it in context. I was over the moon. Like I am for you. :)

Onward, upwards. Any speech is great. So much easier on the ears and brain than trying to decipher screams of different pitch.

Aw thanks for the lovely comments everyone! I have cried a little bit reading them all. So lovely to hear about everyone else's experiences too.

It's funny that the first thing that made us realise he was starting to get his speech back was him singing 'Wah wah wah' and we couldn't work out what he was singing. Turned out to be from 'Wheels on the bus' when it's 'the babies on the bus go wah wah wah' 😂

TBH I cried a bit too Bobby , it flips your heart when something like this happens

Fabulous news! Congratulations. Soak up the happiness

Aw, absolutely lovely lass.