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DOCTORS HAVE DETERMIND MY SON IS AUTISTIC BECAUSE HE'S 3YRS. 4M0S. OLD AND DOESN'T SPEAK YET. HE HAS "SOUNDS" BUT NOTHING THAT RESEMBLES WORDS. HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE SAY AND KNOWS ABOUT A DOSEN SIGNS. HE DOESN'T PRESENT ANY OTHER SYMPTOMS OF AUTISUM,IN FACT, HE DISPLAYS OPPISITE MANY OF THE STANDARD WARNING SIGNS. SUCH AS HE'S IS VERY LOVING AND ACTIVE. I'M NOT TRYING TO MAINTAIN ANY KIND OF DENIAL BUT AM WONDERING IF THERE MAY BE OTHER REASONS FOR HIS SPEECH DELAY. ↓
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| Name: aussie Lee | Date: May 2nd, 2006 4:47 AM |
Have you had his hearing tested? Has he had lots of ear infections that may have contributed to deafness? sometimes there can be fluid on the ears that prevents hearing?
my 4 year old was diagnosed high functionig autism at 3. he was and still is very loving and affectionate with excellent eye contact. however there is no doubt he is autistic as he displays many other traits. children with autism are incredibly diverse and may not display typical symptoms. does your son have frequent tantrums, obsessions, or problems in picking up social cues? there are heaps of sites which will educate you about autism, but do look for a 2nd professional opinion. Explore other possibilities, My son always had excellent receptive hearing, he did understand us, just didn't know the right way to respond.
Good luck and kind regards
Aussie Lee ↑ |
| Name: swannygirl | Date: Jul 3rd, 2006 6:21 PM |
| my son dylan is now 7 yrs old but when he was about 3 yrs old he did not speak a word all we got was a grunting sound dylan has been attending speech language for nearly 4 year he is very loving and active he alway seem to pointto thing instead of asking about a year ago we found out that he had apraxia and dyspraxia i ↑ |
| Name: cheerlyema | Date: Nov 17th, 2006 8:51 AM |
| the speech delay is acording to his braiimature and maybe u can learn bit about rmpt. rhytmatic movement knowladge to help him ↑ |
| Name: UNFORTUNATEEVENTS | Date: Jan 30th, 2007 3:52 PM |
| I have a daughter who is considered slightly autistic but is very affectionate and highly intelligent she did not start speaking until she was about 3 and ahalf ↑ |
| Name: domboots4 | Date: Feb 4th, 2007 5:34 PM |
| My , son is 5 yrs old, he to is nonverbal but is just like your son the only reason they seem to think my son is autistic is because he has nonverbal .We live in in stockton ca. and they say in california we have better services here . I have yet to believe this !! My advice to you would be to educate yourself as much as possible on autism , and get second opinions. I Would really like to get intouch with you on a one to one just because are sons are so much alike. Maybe we can help eachother . Here is my email address john3604@sbcglobal.net ↑ |
| Name: robinjoud | Date: Feb 13th, 2007 8:37 PM |
| I have a beautiful, active and very affecionate son who happens to be autistic. My baby boy is also very smart and understands most of what we say, as well. I hope for your sake that your child only has a speech delay or perhaps he is hearing impaired, but then again AUTISM is not the end of the world. It is a heck of a lot of work though. My little boy has been in Therapy since he was about 18 months old and now he's 6 1/2 years old. Out of my 3 kids he's actually the best well behaved most of the time. (Thanks to lots of ABA and parent education) Good luck and even though it's tough it really is worth it. ↑ |
| Name: onlinedizzy | Date: Feb 25th, 2007 8:51 PM |
| Hi DanI have 2 kids with autis, and both are very affectionate and most certainly very active. Does your child play with other children. Does he play appropriately with toys.Does he know to "ask" you for thingswether with words, signs or objects. Autism is usually diagnosed on behavior not language. Good luck. Be sure to have his hearing tested. That he understands what you sy is a good sign. Can he follow instructions or just understand single words. Liz ↑ |
| Name: irish4 | Date: Jun 1st, 2007 3:29 PM |
Hi Dan,
Hang in there. For one thing, did your docs run major testing on your son? My daughter was 1 1/2 yrs when they discovered she had "somthing going on". I'm not the kind of mom to let docs dictate and say this it what we believe your child has. Plus, I knew the signs and at 6mths, Sky was rocking a little intensly than most babies her age. Trust me Dan, I feel your stress. I know being told that your child has autism is like having a mac truck slammed right through you and your still standing is amazing.
Reading your message, answers is what your looking for and havent quiet gotten them. My suggestion, read everything - good, bad and the ugly. Articles and books on Autism, ADHD and anything having to do with the brain. I found that while I'm sitting in the docs office sifting through the leaflets there are interesting didbits there too. Next, check out other docs. Second opinions aren't a bad thing to have and do come in handy. There are also specialist such as: Pediatric Neurology - whom I brought Sky too, Hearing, Speach, Occupational Specialist ect..
Here in upstate NY there are places that you can have your child pre-tested - they run a bunch of mini- tests to see if the child meets the criteria for more test taking. See if there is something offered like that in your area. The test consist of 10 sections which they evaluate and they list and show you what your childs' weaks and strengths are. This test gives you a starting place.
Listen, always go with your gut instincts , it's always your best. I hope haven't chatted your ear off but I've been exactly HERE, felt everything your feeling now. In other words I wanted to write and give you a "STARTING OFF" point or "PASS GO" so to speak. ↑ |
| Name: sarah carr | Date: Jul 22nd, 2007 12:31 PM |
| my son is actually the same as your son and it is little things he was diagonsed with adhd and autisum and when you read more information on it u will relise he can this have it even with having opposite thing there are lots of different things u will see in the long run that are not right but at the end of the day they are still our special little children and just be grateful we have them ↑ |
| Name: Elizabeth | Date: Aug 15th, 2007 8:50 PM |
| Does anyone have any experience with EGG Biofeedback? Any information would be helpful. Thanks ↑ |
| Name: mar22 | Date: Aug 19th, 2007 2:15 AM |
| if your not sure then try researching disphasia,apraxia, things related to speech and auditory receptive language , maybe his wires in the brain are getting crossed therefore he is unable to speek, good luck ↑ |
| Name: aussie1 | Date: Nov 20th, 2007 6:48 AM |
| I have a 3.5 year old daughter who has been diagnosed with Dyspraxia, I would like to chat with anyone who also has a child with dyspraxia. I can not find a web site specifically for this. I am interested to find out how Dyspraxic children are in their later years and any ideas to improve my daughters development. ↑ |
| Name: mom of dylan | Date: Jan 21st, 2008 11:44 AM |
| my son is autistic,he 6 years old and he dont speak he use the pecs for communicate he very happy kids but that breakk my heart to know he will probably ever talk.does some others kids start speaking later than 6 answer me please mom in distress ↑ |
| Name: Tara | Date: Feb 7th, 2008 11:24 PM |
| A lot of children with autism afe affectionate and intelligent. The difference is: is he affectionate only to his parents and unwilling or unable to interact with anyone outside his immediate family? Is he indiscriminately affectionate toward all people? Both of these would be warning signs that your affectionate child might very well be autistic. These are not differences that parents necessarily pick up on, but a trained psychologist, a person who works with children with autism, or a high-functioning autistic adult would. I fit the last two criteria, by the way. ↑ |
| Name: playmatex3x | Date: Feb 12th, 2008 1:46 AM |
| oilybabyman you not FAR FROM HELPFUL. so stop trying. it would make our lives sooo much easier. ↑ |
| Name: playmatex3x | Date: Feb 12th, 2008 1:47 AM |
| YOU ARE FAR FROM HELPFUL***** ↑ |
| Name: Lainey | Date: Jul 21st, 2008 1:45 PM |
| My son turned 3 in March of this year and he says very few words. He was in speech therapy for a few months, did not really help. He also understands what I say and seems pretty much normal in every other way. He is not potty trained yet and he is very bullheaded more so than most kids. He also is very loving and very active. Did or does your son hum a lot and babble a lot? I have a book about late talking children and that made me relax a lot when I read it. But like you I still worry. His Doctor thinks I should have have him tested for Autism, but I just don't think he is and I don't want him labeled with it if he isn't. ↑ |
| Name: Sondra | Date: Aug 6th, 2008 8:31 PM |
| My nephew will be 2 on Sunday. He does not speak. He makes sounds but they are grunting noises. His parents are in denial. I brought it up to them. They blamed it on his hearing but found out yesterday his hearing is 100%. He just started walking about 2 weeks ago. He takes tiny steps. He clinches his fists all the time. He rocks while in sitting position. He can't roll over in his bed. He can't pull himself up. Any feedback? They are taking him to get his eyes tested and then an MRI. I think and believe he is autistic. ↑ |
| Name: lisa | Date: Nov 8th, 2008 12:26 AM |
My son is nearly 7 and over the last six months he has strated to talk but not as well as his peers. We were told that he as autism spectorn disorder in 2006/7.
We were also told that he was in the mild to serve area. He is a lovey boy and does try his best at school but he can,nt be in a classroom with other peers of his age. he is in a mianstream school with full time 1-1 support, He is able to read books but can not get the words out or if he can they don,t sound right. He does have speech and language thpary but he just don,t get some of the sounds that words are made up of.
He can use a computer and type words and spells them correcty. He carrys a set of cards at school for his dinner and he shows the dinner saff what he wants as he is sometimes not understood. ↑ |
| Name: Lisa | Date: Nov 8th, 2008 6:13 AM |
regarding my post.
My son has had he hearing test and he has hypertensive. This means any loud nosies upset him and cause him to put his hands to his ears or in some cases bang his head.
This can also affect speech as someone can be talking to loud or to quite so the words that are spoken are not heard by the child as far as i know. One indincating of ear prombles is that the child turns the tv up or turn it down. GOOD LUCK DAN ON TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY ↑ |
| Name: krissie howard | Date: Dec 7th, 2008 2:42 PM |
hi dan,
i have a three and a half year old son. I think my son has autism, but the doctors said that it was apraxia. i really don't agree with their decision. He can not talk yet. He has "sounds" as well.. He understands what we say as well.. HE is very loving a little to loving. His teacher at school is reevaluating him. We don't agree with the diagnoses. I would get a second opinion if your not happy with the one you got. ↑ |
| Name: rosie | Date: Feb 8th, 2009 10:19 AM |
am not sure if my son has a Autism, because there's something that akes me worry about him. ok this is what he does most of the time.
He like to play with aneything, it could be a toys or shoes, anything that realy he could flip them, he closes his eyes when he is playing, and most of all what makes me worry more is if i call him or tel him to get something he will run not walk i remind him again and again not to run but he still does. even if he gets up from bed in the morning.
about fro that, he goes to nursery, he does everything that a normal child do, such as feeding him self, going to the toilet when he needs, dresing up for school. i dont know a kind of confuse. is this something is normal or is it AUTISUM ..,,,,,,,,,,,,, pls help ↑ |
| Name: claire6157 | Date: Aug 23rd, 2009 8:12 AM |
| I have been to see a health nurse and then was put onto a speech threapist who i visited for the first time the other day and after 10 minutes of watching him play she was on the fence about his disorder,she told me he may have autsim spectrum disorder..i have noticed a big delay and his speech is not coming along great,he is only 18 months and he will pretty much play with any thing like,cds,shoes ect..he seem to just stare at the cd for hours and take it to bed with him...he is delayed globally and i wonder if its to quick for them to judge as my husband and i also were very delayed as babys,i have other people tell me there is nothing wrong with him then others say he is a little bit behind iam just so confused and frustrated. ↑ |
| Name: claire6157 | Date: Aug 23rd, 2009 8:13 AM |
| he is also a very bright boy and hugs and smiles with great eye contact all the time ↑ |
| Name: sue | Date: Oct 6th, 2009 9:13 PM |
| Name: cathy | Date: Nov 15th, 2009 2:34 AM |
| my daughter has aproxia but i was looking online and i seen a video about a child with autism and she does act like that but in front of her theripist she does ok what do you think I should do ↑ |
| Name: Brandon Cedarleaf | Date: Nov 19th, 2009 2:45 AM |
My name is Brandon and I am 24 years old and have a mild form of Autism known as Asperger's Syndrome. I did not learn to talk until I was about 2 and a half but when I did it was in full sentences. That is a common trait of Autism and in my early forms of communication I too had a lot of sounds. I too was a very loving child but as I grew older it became a bit of a problem seeing that because of my disability I did not notice the social rules of others and tended to be a bit too loving. Good luck with your issue and i'm sure it will all turn out for the best.
Brandon ↑ |
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