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[quote=Anonymous]I would get an evaluation soonest. Early intervention is key. As others have said, get yourself on the wait list with a dev ped or KKI, Children's, etc. In the meantime, contact your county's Early Intervention services. I believe they do a fairly thorough job, and though they cannot diagnose, they can give you an evaluation.

As an aside, my son has autism. He was 3 when he was evaluated by Child Find (it would have been EI if he was under 3 years of age). They were very thorough, and it was a months-long process. The stimmming (i.e. hand flapping, spinning), narrow interests, limited speech, as well as limited social interest were key red flags.

We got him into a PAC (pre-school autism classroom) a week after his evaluation and then a developmental pediatrician as well as a clinical psychologist later provided the diagnosis, which we used for private (ABA) therapy. You want to get the root of any delays as soon as possible so that you can tap in to as many resources and remediation as possible.

Today, one year later, my son is doing very well. He was recommended to move up into a less restrictive, non-cat, classroom. In this time, he's learned to independently go potty, makes more eye contact, stims less, and has more social language. So he has another year before he starts kindergarten, and we're hoping he'll only need limited supports.

I'm not saying your child has autism, but, again, the sooner you can provide him with interventions, the better.[/quote]

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