DS had his initial screening for Speech Therapy this morning and it went quite well. I'm not sure what they were expecting or whether it was a foregone conclusion that he would get ST because of his ASD diagnosis. The Speech therapist and her assistant were both very friendly and encouraging and were very positive about the fact DS has some basic communicative speech. The only word he managed in the assessment session was 'glasses' ( on the Mr Potato Head he was playing with) but at least that was something!
Of course we have not actually got anywhere yet in terms of new help but it feels like an okay start.