Non verbal 2 year old

[Tinkeringg]

Hi everyone, I’m looking for some advice/reassurance from parents with similar experiences.

My little boy is 23 months old and currently non verbal. He’s very social, affectionate, engaging, understands lots, uses eye contact well and communicates through signs/gestures. His other development seems on track.

What concerns me is that he has no consistent words, struggles to imitate sounds, and will occasionally make a sound once and then never do it again. He mostly says “uh” for everything. He also drools and often has an open mouth posture.

We’ve had hearing checked, seen an SLT, and are using AAC/signs and all the usual speech strategies consistently.

I keep being told to “wait and see,” but I’m starting to wonder about childhood apraxia of speech/verbal dyspraxia because of the inconsistency and lack of progress.

Did anyone else’s child present similarly at this age? What was the eventual outcome?

Is it the HV who has told you to “wait and see”? When is she due to see you again @Tinkeringg?

It was the speech therapist

Well if hes under SALT already then they will know if he has any other issues. They are the experts surely. Have you brought your concerns to them?

Well they managed to totally miss that both of my two are ND!

SALT cannot diagnose autism though, only a doctor can.

I understand that perfectly, but they can refer.

Yes they’ve said it’s too early to tell and sometimes you never know the reason but that he’s not showing any signs of autism

If it was SaLT who suggested the “wait and see” approach, has your LO had their 2 year check with their HV yet? And if so, did she ask you to fill in the 24 month Social & Emotional Ages & Stages?