Hi,
My son is 3 years old at the end of this month. His sister was speaking in sentences aged about 1.5 years old but my son still is not doing this.
He knows quite a lot of words but only says things like "you go over there" and "where daddy/mummy gone". Most of the time he just speaks kind of gibberish. He also has a low level of concentration, e.g. he's never interested in sitting down to listen to a story. He will however be glued to cartoons. He also bites other children sometimes and gets into fights easily. However he is very affectionate, smiles/laughs a lot, plays hide and seek, etc. and is extremely good at puzzles and games on his handheld computer.
Reading through this list of symptoms:
- Has unclear speech or drools a lot
- Doesn’t speak in sentences
- Doesn’t follow simple instructions
- Can’t work simple toys (simple puzzles, turning knobs/handles, peg board)
- Shows little interest in toys
- Doesn’t want to play with other children
- Doesn’t play make believe or pretend
- Doesn’t make eye contact
- Falls down often or has trouble on stairs
- Loses skills he/she once had
I'd say only these apply:
- Has unclear speech
- Doesn’t speak in sentences
- Doesn’t follow simple instructions - mostly he understands what we ask him to do but sometimes he just won't listen but this could just be that he's three!
I'd just like to know if this sounds like autism or perhaps something else, if anything.
Thanks,
Scooter
