Worried about 4 year old's speech- who to go to?

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My four year old child has a few problems:

• still barely using sentences
• nothing complex, just words
• doesn't usually say when hungry, needs toilet, cold, hurt, etc.
• screams and cries like a baby

BUT:

• she interacts and plays little games (interactive facial games, even simple verbal ones, like pretending to be daddy's age)
• she does get dizzy when she spins around and is afraid of heights
• a few other classic indicators for autism are missing

I have autism on my side of the family so am possibly hypervigilant.

The problem is compounded by the fact that the local children speak a different language, which is confusing for her, no doubt.

We are visiting England next week (near St Albans) and will be staying for a month.

Obvs NHS is out (we aren't covered, non-resident) but who can I take her to see urgently in order to get a possible diagnosis / help / advice from?

Time goes on and the hoped-for advance in development just hasn't come.

You could try this website - they have a search function for you to locate independent speech and language therapists in your area.

www.helpwithtalking.com/Default.aspx

Hope you get the help you are looking for.

I would go private. I think our first session was less than £100 and it helped us realise where our son was, what he needed to work on and that we did need private therapy. 9 months on and after about 12 sessions, he is being discharged. We found our therapist through the website above.

Not to alarm you but plenty of high functioning neuro diverse people (especially women) do get dizzy, fear heights, play creatively etc (especially copying/pastiche ... I've taught teens with ASD who could "forge" famous writers for example ... A* English creative writing unit!). In fact those things you list wouldn't be on my list for ruling either way (as someone with a family history who works with kids in mainstream education who have communication issues, including high function ASD).

Not saying this is the issue, but rather perhaps go for a more overall check up first rather than just speech iyswim?