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Name: Chris
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My nephew will be 3 in a few days. He's a sweet little boy, and I know that's he's very bright, but he is having difficulties communicating and even socializing. He doesn't talk, mostly grunts and shrieks. I have heard him say "wassat?" but he doesn't do the babble or the mama or dada thing yet. His hearing tested out prefectly and he's been back a few times. The Dr. said he's speech delayed and he has spent 4 days a week in hour long sessions with a speech thereapist and a special education teacher. This has been going on for a few months and he's still not talking. The thing is that my son is 6 months younger and he talks in paragraphs, tells imaginative stories, plays pretend, asks for things when he needs them, etc. My nephew came to visit over the New Year and he has trouble sitting down to play, in fact he really doesn't play with toys, he frustrates really easily, which I'm sure is because he has a hard time communicating what he wants and needs. They did take him back for more testing but are really in denial about hte situation, they keep setting him in front of the TV all day hoping it will improve his speech skills. After seeing this and watching him and my son together, it's very obvious that something's going on. So far my sister said that the Dr. had mentioned autism because he has some of the signs, but so far they are saying that it's a learning disability. They are going to continue the speech therapy that's not working and are waiting to see of the state will provide special education. Since he's turning 3, they will be getting less help. I'm really worried for the little guy. I can understand my sister listenening to the Dr. and believing it's a learning disability, I would probably want to do the same, but it's pretty drastic when you look at the difference between the two boys. Anyone have issues with testing and diagnosis?
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Name: vickie | Date: Feb 24th, 2006 4:27 AM
wow when i read your letter, my grandson is 28 months his words are no-mom-dad-awknee-and wassat, he is my first grandchild and i had three girls so at first i did the girl are quicker then boys now i am worried, daughter is suppose to get him into the doctor soon! 

Name: lisa | Date: Mar 27th, 2006 2:00 PM
I have a 4 yr. old daughter and when found out that she was diagnosed w/autisim after the the fisrt preschool kicked her out, attended the second preschool/daycare that just happened to be affiliatted with the school district. It was there and only there that we discovered my daughter was autisic. Up until this point I was just under the assumption that it will come just slower than average. From the time she was born every well baby visit w/check-ups and immunizations from the Pediatrician and the school districts Parent as Teacher sacntion every month saw no signs of anything other than a healthy baby. She hit everyone of her milestones pretty much and even walked at 11 months, but her speech just wasn't where it should have been, Questioned Pediatrican, nurses, and parent as teacher head coordinator and asked why it wasn't where it should be..Is something wrong should I be wooried?? I got told that every child develops at a different rate. some walk earlier than others, every child is different you have to crawl before you can walk..The daycare my daughter started attending after getting kicked out of the first one, she was around the age 2-3 1/2 they noticed things about Lauren that where different and suggested that she get evaluated for the Early Childhood Special Education class. I agree and say okay, the first thing that the special ed. teacher got in order was the I.E.P. evauluation. this was to rule out the possible underlying factors they saw and rule out others. Two of the evauluations on the IEP where to see if she was autistic this way it could rule out the factors concerning her problem to develop and effectively use her language skills. Long story short during the reading of the evalution the reports documented gave examples of where she was and then where the average child h age was. It wasn' until that mommet that thngs started to register, an an almost pioint exacly here she plateaued. But I under the assumption that all these things that where being pointed out where ironic/coincidental. Needless to say b/c of her second daycare/preschool they where able to notice that child was different and special needs. I will say this, my daughter absolutely loves her DVD's and VHS tapes. The words my daughter would try to say or you'd see her slur together came from watching those videos w/her. Repetition, over and over, practice makes perfect, plus get to join in and pronnociate or help her and correct her, but also the words that seemed to be like a 3 letter sentence where easier for me to desiffer and understand and or interpret what she was trying to say/explain/express. And interacting with her as much as I could, and also knowing every scence as well as she did in thiose videos backwards and forwards, when not watching tapes or outside and would see something, an object, or a thing for example b/c of those vidoes I was able to understand how she pronouciated her letters or what she was trying to say. I always felt guilty about those videos but honestly w/o them I don't think I would have been able to understand and grasp what she was trying to say,now that she's 4 almost 5 yrs old. from the first day of those results or lack of understandable speech, I'm shocked to see how far she's come in such a short period it really gives you hope. 

Name: denise | Date: Apr 12th, 2006 4:35 PM
Hey vickie just read to him 

Name: Anne | Date: Apr 12th, 2006 7:55 PM
I had exactly the same problem with my 3 and a half year old who has just been diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder and has many of the same issues as your nefew.
I would advise that if you can encourgae youe sister to go back to the doctor's and insist he see's a child phsycologist as they can do a number of test in one session to test to see if he has autisum or not then she should be able to get the help the little one needs. 

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