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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, research shows that 6 months is a great age for intervention, with fantastic results. The problem is many specialists out there aren't trained to work with infants.
"Treatment at the earliest age when signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear – sometimes in infants as young as 6 months old – significantly reduces symptoms so that, by age 3, most who received the therapy had neither ASD nor developmental delay, a UC Davis MIND Institute research study has found."
https://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/newsroom/9182

I was trained in a setting similar to this study. It's about incorporating naturalistic therapy techniques that subtly change your parenting approach to encourage communication from your child.

I don't see anything particularly worrisome in your description of your son. On the other hand, this is not the first rodeo, so trust your instincts, but think logically. Are there any risk factors? ASD in the family, or autistic traits? Delays in meting milestones? [/quote]

Hi PP, this is OP. Can you please tell me more about these techniques you are trained in and give examples? If nothing else, it will help me assuage my anxiety by feeling like I'm doing something proactive, even if my concerns are unfounded. As for risk factors, my brother's son has ADHD and Asperger's tendencies. Thank you for your kind and insightful response.[/quote]

Not PP, but you can do Floortime with your child.  It's a way to encourage and reinforce social communication and interactions and is not hard to do and it has no real downside and it is not expensive.

https://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/treatment/floortime
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