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[quote=Anonymous]OP,  my son was diagnosed with Asperger's, so no language delay at an early age, just pragmatics.  We enrolled him in an immersion school and he is doing well.  We speak mostly English at home and he communicates mostly in Spanish at school.  There is another child in his class that also has ASD and is moderately functioning, was language delayed (according to mom) and is still behind in speech (English and Spanish) compared to NT peers.  The parents are bilingual.  From my own observations (I volunteer a lot), the child has made a lot of progress in both languages.  Our children both receive speech therapy in both languages (S&L therapist is bilingual).  Bottom line, from experience, I don't think an autistic child will necessarily be confused.  However, you should consult a developmental pediatrician and language therapist and see what they say.  I also did some research on other countries and there are plenty of autistic kids that grow up in a bilingual environment, e.g. French Canada, Switzerland, and are not negatively impacted (according to research and case studies).[/quote]

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