Good evening everyone,
My DD is 2.9 years old with significant speech delay, walks on tip toes, enjoys spinning and vocally stims throughout the day.
We are currently waiting paediatrician appointment for assessment for ASD.
She has recently been attending a specialist nursery for children with speech and language delays - primarily those with autism. Whilst she has made good progress with her speech, with her going from just being able to label things (>200 words at 2.5), making grunting noises and pointing when requesting things and non functional echolia to her now using speech more functionally to express her self in simple 2-3 word sentences.
I am however worried as the other children in her nursery due to their diagnosis have very little interest in playing together and my DD enjoys shared imaginative play and imitating games she has seen on TV such as hide and seek.
I have tried to bring her to playgroups but due to her language delays she often tries to get involved but ends up being ignored as she can’t express herself well.
Would it be reasonable to send her to a mainstream nursery for a day or two a week - my thoughts are that if she is around a group of children consistently that enjoy shared play they are more likely to interact with her once they get to know her?
My DD is such a smiley and happy little girl I am just so desperate to support her to reach her full potential.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated thanks