Speech problems with autism
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There are different reasons why a child has communication/speech problems with autism being one possibility. There is also a basic speech delay, sensory integration disorder, a global delay, etc.
I would say that it is time to get your child evaluated. Is a speech pathologist available to you? You could check with your primary care doctor about one to see. I also think a developmental pediatrician is a good resource if you have concerns about autism.
Honestly, it sounds like "just' a speech delay. Children with autism have problems with social skills. Most have sensory intergration disorder (SID/SPD). Many do have speech delays but not all. It's just one symptom in a list of many.
If you are concerned about autism though, or even other things, I would make sure that when you were looking for a speech therapist that they also had a occupational therapist there as well.
Dear Doctor,
I am a student from a suburban area of India and my group is tying to spread awareness among the people out here with regards to different development problem associated wiith kids of around age group 2 to 7. Many mental problems related to a child like autism, down syndrome, speech problem etc is our concerened area.
My son is nearly 11 years old. He has ADHD with traits of Autism. He has severe speech delay which therapists believed should have been up to scratch by now. I'm just looking for advice or testimonials from other parents who went through the same thing. Did your little ones speech improve? All advice appreciated.
My cousin has a little boy that was diagnosed with speech delay when he was 2. They were concerned when he was 1, but the doctor told them to wait at least till he was 2 and could develop more. Once he reached 2, and still was not talking then they enrolled him in speech therapy and now he talks your ear off. He is 4 now. Some children are slower than others. I would talk to your doctor or get a second opinion. At 1 years old, they should NOT go on any meds for ADHD.
You really need to get him seen by a doctor. Verbal apraxia can also create problems with speech. So can a language processing disorder or an auditory processing disorder. My sister had a form of that, not autism, and had to be in speech and language therapy through 5th grade. She later got straight As in high school and college. Therapy helped immensely.
About 6 months ago it came to our attention that he seemed to be speech delayed. At that time, someone at day care mentioned autism He has a bunch of cars from the movie Cars, and when he plays with them, he lines them up. He did that almost exclusively up to about 5 or 6 months ago. He still lines them up, but will spend some time playing with them more appropriately as well. (driving them, etc). He really doesnt care for many toys other than cars.
the devopment doctor is saying she has a speech imparment a development delay which cases her problems to learn she has a torce foot and goes to susan at midlands orthapedic for that and sees dr johnson for the development delay but he has not yet spoke to me as her violent behavior in school and at home and she sees a speech theripist and ot'pt at school and she was just tested for a mri of the brain and that came back normal at palmetto health childrens hospital i just dnt know wat to do f
Theres a couple of sensory things you mention, but although sensory issues are usually present with autism there are lots of people (children and adults) with sensory stuff and they are not on the spectrum.
He is at that age when he should be becoming more social, and I don't notice anything else in your post that concerns me.
The ear infections may have caused a bit of a delay. And it is recognised that blind and deaf children do have some similar behaviours to autistic children.
Everything else has developed normally and on time. At age 4, his doctor felt that maybe he fell on the spectrum of Autism because of delayed speech and his behavior. I took him to see a speech pathologist. She said he had receptive/expressive disorder. I took him to a neurologist, and after 15 minutes of observation, he decided that it is Autism. I was told to get myself educated on the subject. After taking my child off all milk and wheat products, I found a DAN doctor.
My son just turned three years old and is not talking on a three year old level. He has just started to make two-three word sentences. He uses non verbal communication and likes to point at things. He can say and name objects around the house. He spontaneously speaks words and sentences like the A,B,C, song or "I love Mama", I love Dada".
He has great eye contact. If you ask him his name and age he will tell you.
Psychologist reports- As of right now they say that he has characteristics of ASD as well as significant problems with adaptive behavior and physical self care. Stating that profiles like his are typical among individuals who have foind to have delelopmental delays.
SLP- Speech fluency and vocal characteristics both were observed to be developmentally appropriate.
I believe with the higher awareness with Autism there has also been much over diagnosis with it as well. I wonder sometimes if enough evals have been done to come to that conclusion or if that diagnosis was the easy way out...ya know? I am not knocking you by any means, parents know their children best and it is you that can help the pedi with whatever diagnosis if any! Note your child's behaviors and relax until otherwise told. Keep with the early intervention- it is such a gift!
The best person to do this is a BCBA with extensive experience working with children with autism. They would likely be very familiar with the approach I mentioned. Direction following involves receptive communication and other communicative responses can be taught but a competent behavior analyst would be the best person to lead intervention. I wish you the best of luck and hope the resources I have led you to will prove to be helpful.
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