Does not responding to name always mean autism

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Anonymous wrote:I asked this question (Does not responding to name always mean autism with no hearing issues) to may people like therapists , books , internet , doctors to get a differential diagnosis/issue, I get various answers like below. Question is what is correct?

It's autism(parents concerned more and feel hard to swallow)
It's social communication disorder(parents concerned more and feel easy to swallow)
It's Receptive language(parents concerned slightly)
It's just delay and they'll catch up(parents concerned less)
It's not a problem(parents concerned less)

How is this a question? Well, I mean, some kids have some or all of these things. Autistic kids and kids with SCD often have receptive language issues. They are also often delays and they do "catch up" to some extent, or the delays lessen, even if the child has autism or SCD. I mean, sure, you can say its not a problem, but that certainly does not make it so, does it?

Question Again: A kid who is completely normal behavior except doesn't respond to name! What's the issue with kid?(autism or SCD or Receptive language delay or delay or normal)

You want us to diagnose your kid with a language delay or autism? Get off the Internet and have your child seen by a trained professional!

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Anonymous wrote:I asked this question (Does not responding to name always mean autism with no hearing issues) to may people like therapists , books , internet , doctors to get a differential diagnosis/issue, I get various answers like below. Question is what is correct?

It's autism(parents concerned more and feel hard to swallow)
It's social communication disorder(parents concerned more and feel easy to swallow)
It's Receptive language(parents concerned slightly)
It's just delay and they'll catch up(parents concerned less)
It's not a problem(parents concerned less)

How is this a question? Well, I mean, some kids have some or all of these things. Autistic kids and kids with SCD often have receptive language issues. They are also often delays and they do "catch up" to some extent, or the delays lessen, even if the child has autism or SCD. I mean, sure, you can say its not a problem, but that certainly does not make it so, does it?

Question Again: A kid who is completely normal behavior except doesn't respond to name! What's the issue with kid?(autism or SCD or Receptive language delay or delay or normal)

Well it's not normal not to respond to the name obviously. Also nobody can tell you this over the internet, yet again. Behavior is also generally normal at this age also because the requirements are so minimal. So we simply don't know. Nobody can tell you what's up here.

My kid with major delays and possible autism always responded to his name.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks! His hearing is fine! I agree that Autism is not the end of the world , but I am trying to get the exact issue so that we can treat/focus accordingly!

Did you go to an ENT and get the hearing checked in an audiologist's booth? Did you ask the pediatrician for a tympanogram at least? What are you basing it on that the hearing's fine. (Asking such a basic question about autism makes me doubt you actually know about hearing.)

yes we went to audiologist's booth , he clarified that my son can even hear whispering sound! Some how he is not associating his name to himself.

Go ahead and call Children's National Medical Center or Kennedy Kreiger Institute to schedule an appointment. Given how far out they are scheduling, your DC will be more like 2.5yo. If things change between now and then, you can cancel, but you don't want to have a 3yo and be wishing that you'd just done the testing.

+1 This is good advice.

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Go ahead and call Children's National Medical Center or Kennedy Kreiger Institute to schedule an appointment. Given how far out they are scheduling, your DC will be more like 2.5yo. If things change between now and then, you can cancel, but you don't want to have a 3yo and be wishing that you'd just done the testing.

+1 This is good advice.

Thanks , I will do that!