Autism and speech 4.5yo mainstream

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So he's 4.5 at mainstream. Diagnosed with autism this year. EHCP in place with support in classroom. He can get his wants and needs across but won't answer how was your day or won't say good morning Etc but will just lie next to me. So hasn't developed the art of a conversation yet.

Anyone had similar and how long until more speech came?

No advice please. Just positive stories

Anyone

Are we all dead on Mumsnet?

My DS was the same and still is mostly, except now if I ask him about his day he might say what he remembers but processing things often takes longer for autistic people and he often still gets days mixed up etc. He just doesn't see the point in social niceties and often just won't say hi,bye etc, but he sometimes will. He speaks all the time now but still quite one sided etc. He's now playing a game of pontoon with 8 pretend players and is adding up all their scores! Hang in there. He's 7 now.

Oh and he thinks it's hilarious to mix up sounds, like he'll say Gappy Pallobeen! And someone who doesn't know him too well might say Jo dear its Happy Halloween, and he'll chuckle and say I know, laughing!

When u say he's mostly the same, so y mean his speech hasn't improved much?

I have a 4.5 yr old who has been diagnosed with autism this year. He had speech delay but caught up well with salt. He's delayed in some areas. I don't get answers to questions or I have my questions repeated back to me by him.

He tells me about some parts like what toy he liked, the sounds he's learnt or something from another day he remembered. The feedback is limited and I take what I can. He's struggling with names, they are boy or girl. If he knows a name he's struggling to pronounce it.

He's happy in school, doesn't particularly like going but once he's made it in all is well.

Anything I'm told is all one sided, what he wants to tell me. I find if he does answer a question it takes him a good time to process my question, he really thinks about it and depending on how he feels I may get an answer relevant to my question.

Not helpful with answering your question but sounds like my dc is similar to yours. He has no class room support though.

My son sounds a bit different cos he won't tell me about people he met or anything. His talking consists of asking what he wants, singing various songs and he learns a lot of phrases/sentences from tv snd books. For example he loves peppa and watches it on tv and read the books. Cos he's familiar with them he can recite the phrases/sentences in the right place

But if u ask how his day was, nothing. He's lacking socially and doesn't want to make friends yet. He's not mean but just happy on his own

My son is exactly the same! He's 4.5 too, he can tell me what he wants but can’t answer yes or no and no conversations yet. Im praying the day will come. He also doesn’t have any friends and isn’t interested in children, which breaks my heart as he's such a gentle, sweet boy.

@Poppy160 where do u live? Msg me if u like

hi my son is exactly has u describe urs he’s 4.5 have u got any updates please how is ur son doing now please desperate mama

Just realised this is an old thread.