Language peculiarity: Did your dc do this?

[mariagoretti]

Ds (ADHD & likely hfa with maybe a pinch of auditory processing disorder) spoke early... with a fairly large vocabulary. But oddly (in hindsight) it was mostly words beginning with D. He then moved on to do starting with B. Now I know these letters are easy to pronounce so babies will start with them when babbling. But I've never seen a NT dc develop vocab in alphabetical order.... He did have some other random words but the bias was pretty strong.

We're seeing an audiological physician soon, obviously I can't mention every last detail in a short appt and I'm trying to work out what's a priority to focus on.

Hi Maria my ds2 (9) is hfa and adhd, s&L difficulties, he also overused sounds prior to the age of 4 - he called me bup instead of mummy and almost everything else in his vocabulary was 'guck'. He went to ICAN then s&L unit attached to mainstream he is now in P6.

Anyway, if your ds is learning is vocab alphabetically this could be due to the hfa -that could be logical to your ds.

The audiologist physician is presumably to assist with the possible auditory processing disorder? What age is your ds?

I'm not sure what the priority would be but am thinking that the physician should be able to point you in the right direction - and he/she is likely to want background information on your ds to get a full and clear picture given that he has a lot going on. Write out on a page the important features you want to discuss so you won't forget anything, that might help focus your thoughts.

Hi, my ds (nearly 5) had asd and speech and language disorder.
He cannot yet pronounce many consonants and some basic sounds that NT toddlers learn first. But he is able to do more complex sounds.

We have been told he has large gaps in his abilies with speech sounds. Hence the speech disorder dx.

But I haven't noticed that he is developing vocabulary in alphabetical order. That does sound unusual indeed.

Hi Helen and others, he is nearly 7. I suspect learning 'families' of words was all part of an over-logical approach, and I might seem a little crazy if I mention it. The sentances came early but I wonder now if they were initially a talent for echolalia rather than for phrases

He now has a huge vocab and never stops talking... but comprehension isn't great and conversational skills are worse. From the posts on here it seems the only consistent feature of asd language is that no two kids are the same!