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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP, but same situation here. My 18 months old boy does not respond to his name, good eye contact, great gross/fine motor skills, loves pretend play/human interaction/greeting people, and only has few words. We speak 3 languages at home, and he grabs things by himself, and rarely doing the pointing (he does point at moon/star/bird/dog in the sky once in a while). His pediatrician refer us to do autism screening because mainly he does not respond to his name & not pointing enough. May I ask how ENT do the hearing test for toddler because my little one cries hysterically & not cooperating everytime at doctor office?[/quote]

Not sure why you're not doing the autism evaluation if your pediatrician suggested it.  Not responding to one's name and not pointing "enough" could possibly be signals of autism, but there's so many factors related to social and communication behaviors and repetitive movements that need to be evaluated as well.  For example if you do the autism evaluation at kennedy Krieger at Johns Hopkins for example, it's a multi-day process with participation of a developmental pediatrician, a physical therapist and a speech therapist.  It's not something Internet strangers can evaluate for you after reading a few sentences from you.[/quote]

Because it's expensive? Because her gut tells her it's wrong? Because she can always do it later? Because evaluations for autism under 2 years old are wrong as often as they are right?

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Not PP, but it's covered by insurance.  If a pediatrician actually recommended something like this, I definitely would do it.  My pediatrician never batted an eye over my kid's delays; I self referred to everything including a visit to kki to see a developmental pediatrician.  (It's not a multi day assessment, but it will be a long day.)Don't let fear be the decision maker.[/quote]

PP here. My pediatrician tells me that she does not think my 18 months old is autistic (she says she would be surprised if my ds is), but my answers to some behavior/speech questions raise red flags for autism, so she recommends us to play safe & go schedule both county early intervention program & also children hospital for developmental & speech evaluation. Misunderstanding here, I already call both, and they say they will call me back in a week or two for survey/information intake & appointment setup. I am asking ENT hearing test here because I wonder should I go ahead & schedule one before going to any evaluation appointment. And, I am concerned that my little one won't cooperate for the hearing test, and have to be put to sleep. He is scared of all doctors. But, I hear that sometimes part of the evaluation will send him to do hearing test anyways. So, looks like I don't have to bother then.

I am thankful that my ds has awesome insurance coverage, so I never have to worry about if the doctor is in or out of network because it is all covered. But part of me, believe that my ds big chance has speech delay (still hoping for the 18-24 months language explosion), but I don't think he is not autistic (from my gut feeling, observation & all the research). I have been trying my best to talk to him more and take him out to play with other kids to see if it would provoke him to speak, but it is no vain. And, my mother in law keep telling me that my husband didn't really talk till he turned 3 years old in one language environment, so part of me kind of thinking that it could be the gene that my little one could be just a late talker. Because other than speaking only a few words/not responding to his name/not pointing enough, my 18 months old does not have other signs of autistic characteristic. [/quote]

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