Hi, my son is now 31 months. He says very little words. Mama, sometimes, has said oh dear, bubbles and meow but tends to say something once or a few times then no more. I raised concerns to health visitor over a year ago, they don't seem to care. I raised concerns to nursery in September when he started and (thankfully) they agreed to refer him for speech therapy last month. Now, last week I had a meeting with his room leader, who is SENCO trained. She also has many years experience. She said there are a couple of things which may be a sign of autism. Not responding to his name - Now I've said for a while that he doesn't always respond but sometimes you will see him look at you sideways and I feel he's ignoring me as he just wants to keep doing what he's doing and not what you're about to ask him to do. Line toys up - I haven't seen him do this at home, I do display his toys in certain ways and when I say tidy up he puts things back as they were. Behaviour- he went through a phase of banging his head but stopped this at home after about a month, he's continued at nursery although not as bad. He does not respond well to their rules, such as washing hands before eating. He'd rather continue playing.
My worry is that, if this was diagnosed so young, it could be severe? He's such a happy boy, his teachers say the same. I just long to hear him say Mam, I'm happy.
I'm i jumping in headfirst with these worries? We haven't even had an assessment yet.
Thanks for any advice