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[quote=Anonymous]Our DS is turning three in a few weeks.  He has a severe expressive speech delay and has been in speech therapy for 18 months.  He has been evaluated three times (at 18 months, at 2, and just last week) and all evaluations have indicated that this is his only delay and area of concern.  He understands words moderately well, is reasonably social with the person testing, can identify most letters and colors, can stack things, and do puzzles up to 50 pieces.  At home, he makes eye contact, gives hugs and kisses, and is generally a whiny but cute toddler.

After a year in preschool three days a week, however, our preschool contacted us yesterday regarding concerns about his interactions with his peers.  He has started just sitting on the sidelines all day not participating.  Sometimes he will play on his own.  They said that if he is the first kid to sit down and other kids come to him, he will not leave.  He will never approach a group, though, and is the "most solitary kid in class."

His other symptoms don't scream Asperger's to me, but I'm pretty concerned.  We just had his annual evaluation that didn't raise these issues, so I'm at a loss as to what this could be or how to help him.  FWIW, I've always been a shy person, but I don't want to just chalk it up to shyness and miss something that could explain his issues in tandem and allow us to get him help earlier rather than later.

I welcome any suggestions or thoughts from anyone that has BTDT.[/quote]

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