Hi ladies,
I posted here a year and a half ago about my son being autistic and how it was daunting and new. He was 2.5 then and was non verbal, didn’t wave, clap, point or imitate. I was not mentally stable finding out he was autistic and couldn’t see light at the end of the tunnel but you ladies were amazing and have lots of advice. I am back for more advice. My son before he turned 3 started labelling things and had around 100 words and now his language has exploded. still short sentences and sometimes one word but so great. Hr can clap, wave, point, imitate etc and sings nursery rhymes all day. his favourite being the wheels on the bus and shouting it, perhaps his vocal stimming. He is a gestalt language processor and scripts but all in context always and has started to form sentences of his own. How does this progress further for anyone in a similar situation. He knows his numbers to 100, all his phonics, shapes, animals, colours and is hyperlexic so can read although not always understands what he reads but points to things in a book when asked correctly. Ge still bolts off outside but has improved a bit. He started asking for toilet regular for both bowel movements but has stopped asking now and happily does it in his nappy. any advice how I can support this? I put him on the toilet frequently and when i ask do you need to go he always without fail replies No lol. I still do worry about his future, he still runs up and down and sometimes ignores his name being called but his receptive language has come leaps and bounds and can follow simple instructions albeit sometimes on his own terms. Can you tell me if your child is like this and if so how they progressed please, I know all children are different but i’d be interested to know of the possibilities. Thank You from a worried Mama