22 month old possible asd????

[Marie051990]

Hi all,
I'm worried sick! My dd has met all her physical milestones and was babbling in her own language from 12 months but no words.
She waves and claps and uses hand gestures when she talks. She takes the receiver of the phone off the hook and is talking away in her own language. But we have no actual words. She is very affectionate and loves giving kisses.
We have no real words, she only responds to her name when playing peekaboo and she dosent respond to any instruction. She will look at us in the eye when we're trying to get her to mimic us
Does this sound like asd? My health visitor seems to not be too bothered and told me to wait until her 2 year review in February
Anyone have any thoughts or advice?
Thanks

nobody here can tell you that and you will probably get a number of replies telling you not to worry.

I have a DD with ASD and learning diffs and around that age, we had concerns mainly due to lack of understanding of language (DD was nonverbal too but the lack of receptive language was a bigger worry for us).

Do you think she understands you? hearing ok/recently been tested?

Have a look at the M-CHAT and if it flags her up as high risk, take the M-Chat with you and discuss it with GP. I'd probably insist on a referral to a developmental paed and Salt. And sideline the HV. They are usually absolutely rubbish when it comes to atypical child development. Run everything via GP instead.

m-chat link:
m-chat.org/en-us/page/take-m-chat-test/online

I am from Bangladesh. My son is 26 months old and facing difficulties in social communication. He was a full term baby through NVD. Reached all his milestones like sitting, walking etc on time except talking and communication.

At 22 months we became worried as he wasn't interested in talking at all. He didn't respond to his name and let alone following instructions. He is our only child. Maybe because of that we couldn't recognise the problem earlier. We decided to see a ped. Neurologist who prescribed early intervention. However the doctor prescribed the early intervention to be spending quality time with him at home. And did not prescribed any institutional therapy. I went to the public health service for M-chat and obtained a low risk score. I am not really satisfied with the quality of early intervention program I am going through. He is 26 months old now and still have a very selective eye contact and seems like he doesn't understand most of our words. Doesn't call mom or dad. But sometimes when asked "who is this?", says "Amma (mom)" or "abba (dad)". He takes interest in picture books. He can point the animals, fruits and even recites from A to Z, 1 through 20. But all from the memory, nothing from his own communication. He doesn't express his needs in any other way but pulling our hands to something.

I am taking him everywhere I am getting advised to take. Recently I have started to take him to occupational therapist for sensory therapies. But i do not see any progress. I am a working mom. And am planning to move to australia for the next 2 years for my masters along with my son and husband. There my husband will be taking care of him during my classes. We speak in Bengali at home now. But in Australia he is going to face another challenge which is language. Is there someone who can show me any light? I am feeling helpless and breaking down inside. I am facing difficulties in accepting the fact that he is not going to have a normal life. Is there any hope for me that my child will catch up at some later age?

Sorry for the long post. Please help. Thanks in advance.