Unusual 20 month old?

[CupofTea]

Posting on behalf of a friend who has started to get really concerned about her son. He is 20 months old and has never mouthed toys (in fact he will not put anything in his mouth i.e. he will not feed himself finger foods), he does not point, wave or clap and when she asks him where something is he ignores her or seems not to understand her. He does not talk at all. He loves cuddles and is very good with eye contact. She is worried sick and I thought maybe you ladies might be able to shed some light so that I might have a half-sensible conversation with her (rather than me saying the age old children-develop-at-different-rates thing). I am sure I read something somewhere about children who did not like to explore things with their mouths... ? Thanks in advance.

@Fio2 hello, I’m not even sure if you will read this msge but worth a try. How is your dd doing now as you mentioned she was diagnosed with gdd, she must be 20 years old or so? My dd is 15m and right now been diagnosed with gdd, I see signs of autism but it’s too early they say ... she’s very delayed in reaching all her milestones she started crawling at 10m sitting properly at 14m and now she’s 15m still isn’t able to crawl or walk, doesn’t understand doesn’t bubble doesn’t point has decent eye contact bits that’s all .... I hope this msge reaches u