Hello all!
My 21 month old boy has recently had a health visitor appointment and I have been told that we are to wait till his 2 year review and see how he’s getting on as we (parents) have concerns regarding autism.
HV said she’s ‘in a quandary’ as he’s showing very mild signs (running back and forth, wheeling cars over hands, no speech but babbles in his own language). She said there are a lot of positives in him though and I’m to wait although by the end of the session she made it sound like she will refer him down the autism pathway. She said she’s thinking it could be more of a communication delay and that he ‘will need help growing up with this’. She’s going to sort out a hearing test.
Anyway, SALT referral paperwork all filled in (I had arranged this prior to the HV) and he’s already attended and completed an early communication class which unfortunately made no difference to his speech at all.
I’ve read a little about PECS cards and am wondering if it’s worth a go or if they will just hinder his speech further?
Thanks all!
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Autism, speech delay, PECS
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ScrambledEggsAndToast123 · 24/10/2019 13:28
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