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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The socialization will come when the speech comes.  You cannot have social play well without speech (as does imaginary play).  My five year old has expressive and receptive and it started to show improvement at 4, and now at 5, he still struggles but its pretty mild per the testing.  Socially at school he's doing great.  Beginning of the year was a bit of a struggle but his teachers are amazing and now have no concerns.  If anything, a few comment he talks constantly and they have to tell him to be quiet (they are thrilled).  There are features that look like autism that are common in speech delayed kids, which is why many often get an autism diagnosis when its really a speech issue.

Given he's just turning three, I would not worry.  There are a few late talker Facebook groups that are wonderful and really supportive.  But, you may need a different school enviroment.[/quote]

Np: did he by any chance have repetitive play at 3 as well?[/quote]

Yes, three was a very hard age as there was very little speech and a lot of quirky behavior, tantrums (because he could not tell us), etc.  Our repetitive behavior was more lining up cars or toys during play but I think he was copying adults who did it playing with him.  One thing that surprisingly helped us was around 3.5-4 when we started letting him watch tv and he got into Disney Cars, and later Planes.  We'd get him the toys from the show/movie and he'd copy how to use the car/plane and that was a game changer.  I wish I allowed more TV back then.  He had good gross motor skills, but very poor fine motor (still struggles a little) so that also impacted things.  Other kids with speech delays have gross motor issues.  Every kid is different and how it impacts them is different.  4 & 5 as the speech improves, everything has changed for the better.  No one has any autism concerns, even the doctor who diagnosed him (but refuses to get rid of the diagnosis saying it is based on history) - another issue to deal with later.[/quote]

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