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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 2.5 son does this. He was just diagnosed with ASD last week. He had other indicators as well, which weren’t that obvious to me until it was explained after the evaluation. Not to alarm you but if you’re concerned it’s worth scheduling an evaluation - echolalia was what finally got me to make the appointment (after having some speech delays but not qualifying for early intervention). It took several months to get the appointment. [/quote]

What were the other indicators for your son, if you don’t mind sharing? [/quote]

This was us as well and also got the ASD diagnosis at 2.5. Similarly, DD did not qualify for EI because she wasn’t delayed enough (but did qualify once she had ASD diagnosis). For us other factors including gestalt language processing (which in her case was a big one) were trouble with joint attention (like pointing things out and looking back at us like check out that cool plane or whatever interesting object. She did point, just not as a way to communicate joint interest). Some fixed interests—liking a certain color, shape, or toy, and not quite understanding how to do more than parallel play. Honestly most of it is and still is language and social pragmatics. In some ways she’s vastly improved speech over the 1.5 years of diagnosis but new challenges have presented themselves—I had some doubts about diagnosis but now not so much.

We have had some really wonderful speech and language pathologists. Gestalt language processing often happens in ASD children but is not exclusive to them—it’s just a different way some kids process language. If your kid is meeting all other socializing milestones—doesn’t seem inflexible/rigid interests/has good joint attention/no real sensory issues—I wouldn’t worry too much about ASD. But agreed with others to pursue speech if it seems like your child is struggling to understand direction and language (receptive delay)—speech therapy can definitely help. Not sure where you are located but we use OWLS speech therapy in NoVa and they are great.[/quote]

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