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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]

PP here - the first indication was that he wasn't pointing at 18 months, which is what prompted the early intervention evaluation. He eventually started pointing at 19 months, but still has never been a big pointer. He was also obsessed with numbers and letters starting around that same time. He would do "odd" play activities that I didn't recognize were an ASD thing until his evaluation - he was obsessed with toy cars and would lay on the ground and roll them and also stack them in a row. He did some tippy toe walking and liked to twirl in circles. He would often have meltdowns over slight changes in routine.

During the evaluation it turned out that he was way behind in his conversational skills, which again, I didn't really notice since he's my only and we don't hang around with others his age much. He talks a lot, with a big vocabulary, but it's a lot more of him requesting and telling us about things than back and forth. [/quote]

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