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[quote=Anonymous]OP I agree age 2 it is too young to tell, and I'm not sure you ever really just declare that a person will never speak. My 4 year old has very few words and may never speak fluently, but he does continue to slowly add more spoken words. We won't give up on that b/c the difference between not being able to speak at all vs being able to say "Yes" and "no" and "mama" and "papa" and "help" is pretty huge. He also signs, and we have started using an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device--in his case an iPad mini with the Speak for Yourself app. As get you get more into different forms of communication it can sometimes be hard to know whether speech therapy should focus on signing, using the AAC device, talking, etc. but basically it should be aimed at getting him to communicate one way or another.

The other aspect of your question I think is psychological for you--like, are you holding out false hope to think your child may speak, do you need to adjust your expectations to accept he may not. That is hard. You can't know what the future will hold. That's true for everyone, but most parents can expect that their kids will develop along a certain path and probably they won't be disappointed. As parents of children with special needs we have to become more comfortable with uncertainty than most people. It's not easy![/quote]

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