Autism and speech delay

Hi NAS37026,

I know you are asking for personal experiences, but I thought I would pop in the links to child diagnosis pages on the NAS website (see below), just incase you wanted some extra information.

Wishing you all the best.

Heather - Mod

General information about autism:

http://www.autism.org.uk/about-autism/autism-and-asperger-syndrome-an-introduction/what-is-autism.aspx

If you were interested in finding out if your daughter is on the autism spectrum, she would need to have a formal diagnostic assessment. You may find it useful to have a look at the following link for further information about diagnosis and the benefits of getting one:http://www.autism.org.uk/about/diagnosis/children.aspx

If you are looking for a diagnosis for your daughter, it is very important that you see someone with experience of autism spectrum disorders. Details of diagnostic services can be found on our Autism Services Directory:
http://www.autismdirectory.org.uk/services/autism-services-directory.aspx

You may also want to look at our section that provides advice for parents, relatives and carers of people with autism.
http://www.autism.org.uk/living-with-autism/parents-relatives-and-carers.aspx

It might also be useful to pass on information about autism to health professionals when seeking a diagnosis. The following page includes information for a range of health professionals:
http://www.autism.org.uk/Working-with/Health.aspx

You may like to have a read of the National Autism Plan for Children to see what you are likely to expect and what you can ask during the assessment . Please scroll down to the bottom of the page and go to page 3 on summary report, page 11 for full report for the Essential Components for a complete multi agency assessment:

http://www.autism.org.uk/about/diagnosis/children/national-plan-children.aspx

Thanks you for replying. I really appreciate it. I have read these pages and have all the referrals in place. Peaditrician portage speech therapy early years panel. I think I’m just looking for some sort of indication as to if she will speak one day. It’s hard to accept she may not. She really coming on and repetitive behaviours I would say are mild. It’s just the communication side of things. Wanted some examples of behaviours of children that didn’t become verbal to see if they were similar to her   Thank you again. 

Thanks you for replying. I really appreciate it. I have read these pages and have all the referrals in place. Peaditrician portage speech therapy early years panel. I think I’m just looking for some sort of indication as to if she will speak one day. It’s hard to accept she may not. She really coming on and repetitive behaviours I would say are mild. It’s just the communication side of things. Wanted some examples of behaviours of children that didn’t become verbal to see if they were similar to her   Thank you again.