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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would be very careful with DCUM diagnosis.  Some of that can be very normal with a 5 year old boy especially from people whose kids don't have language disorders or have kids with multiple needs.  I would get a speech evaluation to check it out.   The not being detailed about school can be very normal at that age but some of the other things you mentioned I would get checked out.[/quote]

Nobody can diagnose anything over the internet.

Op,

What you’re describing sounds like a fluency issue when he was younger:
https://www.asha.org/Practice-Portal/Clinical-Topics/Childhood-Fluency-Disorders/
If he received these services though early intervention, they don’t actually diagnose your kid.  They give services when there is a significant delay but services don’t automatically transfer when a child aged out.

It’s good that he can be understood by others.  He may be an introvert or he might not be able to get all his thoughts out, so sticks with the minimum.  Does he have this pattern at home too?  Personally if he had speech issues while young, I would err on the side of caution and have him evaluated.

Not sure if you’re local, but the best speech evaluation I got was from the lab school of Washington.  (The worst from UMD.). You could probably get more recs from the SN forum.
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