Late talker success stories

[allthequeenshorsesandmen]

Does anyone have any success stories of their child talking after age 3? My son has just turned 3 and says lots of single words but no two word sentences and yes he is being assessed as required which may result in autism or speech issue etc but I could just really do with hearing of success stories after age 3

Anyone?

Yes, many - it is not uncommon for children with speech delays to start forming sentences after 3 years old, though I do find it odd that, solely based on what you described, an assessment could result in a autism diagnosis as autism is not a speech disorder.

It was my SALT who has referred me to the paediatrician and said they MAY screen him for autism but then again they may not

He copies words well but doesn't use them to tell us what he wants so he will bring the adult to what he wants rather than say the word. That's what needs working on also

I’m my own success story 😂

I didn’t talk until 4. From what my parents told me I could talk before that but only single words , no sentences and I wasn’t understood by anyone but my mom ( not even my dad understood me). I was in speech therapy until I was 7.

I remember being teased a tiny bit when I was little ( I couldn’t pronounce my “th” for ages ).

I went on to do well academically and even worked in a manager role for 9 years that involved public speaking.

@EgSk that's positive to hear thank u for sharing

Hey it's me again With another query. I worry son isn't hearing enough words as nursery every morning then nap after lunch for 2 hours so I don't have too much time to speak with him

My son had a speech delay and other motor delays. He started saying words at 2.75 and sentences at 3. At 2 qhen we started speech therapy it seemed he would never talk. Ot was so hard to even get a sound or approximation. Now he is so articulate and bright. He did speech for 1.5 years. He also did OT and while he had a couple Asd traits at 2 he was evaluated and was Not diagnosed with it. He is likely mildly dyspraxic but is a great srudent, can ride a bike with training wheels, read, write, play cricket etc. 3 was the magic age for us and EArly intervention is wonderful

@mongo123 thank u for they we started speech therapy already. He's now 3 and 1 month and is saying a few short phrases like "oh no" and his favourite currently is "go go whey" when he's excited. Is that about where your child was at just gone 3 years?

Yes! My son was late and is now a great speaker. He still has some struggles
But I think this is due to ADHD but not yet identified by Dr.

I took my son to see a speech therapist and at the time she said that we needed to model how to do lots of 3 words as he knowledge of single words was good but he was lazy to put them together. We did a lot of sentences aloud like: XXX is sitting in the bath, XXX is eating hamburgers for his dinner, XXX the black car is licking his paw etc and then have things the same and ask him to give them to us like I want the red pencil, I want the green pencil.

Does anyone have any advice for my comment last Friday? So at nursery in the morning not talking to him as I'm not there then park or garden after so he's too busy running around then a nap afterwards so is he getting enough words?