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[quote=Anonymous]Hi. Our DC who is about to turn three and is autistic, has significantly progressed over a year and is very close to his peers in speech in English. We are very happy about it and are very proud of our child. But what really bothers me is that our family is bilingual, and our child doesn't know any of his mom and dad's native language except for a few words. He had no words when he was 2, and we were so scared we decided it's important to help him talk at least in English. Many people tell me it's fine if he speaks English only, but it's just so sad that he wouldn't be able to talk to his grandparents and other extended family or be exposed to our culture if he doesn't know the language. On the other side, Im worried introducing second language might cause confusion in him and make it harder for him to further progress in English. Is there anyone on this forum with a similar situation and what did you do? Thank you![/quote]
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