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Scared Dad

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Hi all

i’m not really sure where to start with this, my son is 3 in 3 weeks and is still not talking. He has some words however very rarely uses this and needs to be encouraged to do this. He won’t just talk without you asking him to, he rarely plays with any toys and is really hard to keep entertained and to get him to focus. We seem to be on the path to an autism diagnosis and I’m just not sure how to cope with this, all the questions. Will he ever talk? Will he be able to live a normal life? Will he go to school and have friends. I never imagined this path when becoming a father and I’m just not sure how to cope with it all, sometimes I feel ok and think I can get through this with him and other times of jealous of other parents for what they have! I’d do anything to be able to have a conversation with my boy, share some interests and be able to do things together. Do I sound selfish? I’m just so scared of our future and what it holds I feel we should have everything to look forward to but that’s now robbed of us and I’m scared of what the future holds, sometimes I’m not sure how to carry on.

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  • My nephew is 3 and a half, diagnosed with autism and doesn’t yet speak - the professionals think speech might come as late as 4 or 5 years old. Asides from this he is very smart and his comprehension of speech is there - so if you ask him to get his shoes he will for example. This comprehension is good because it makes picking up speech a faster process when it actually happens. He also uses a basic form of sign language ( I forget what it’s called) so he can ask for help which I’d I remember rightly is a clinched fist tapped on the palm of the hand,  more is the flat palm of a hand tapping the clinches fist, milk is using the hands to gesture milking the udders of a cow - I’m no expert as you can tell as I don’t see him much, but that sign language may open up communication until your son speaks.

    If anyone can remember what this simplified form of sign language is called, please share :) 

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