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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 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]

Is your son waving to say Hi , Bye ...? I feel your son will point more in 4 months! As per the other poster in this thread , kids will talk when their brain is ready to talk , I wouldn't worry much about about talking. [/quote]

Yes, my 18 months old son loves to wave to say hi & bye to people & passing car, and when people respond waving back, he will smile big & also become shy at the same time. He likes to go to places that are surrounded by people, and sometimes he interact with strangers in the public non-verbally, e,g checking what book you are reading in the library, asking for a snack by coming close to you & raise up his hand etc.. [/quote]

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