Hi, my 2.7yr old boy has just been diagnosed with autism and is not speaking yet. We are trying to motivate him to communicate and I was wondering if you could share some experiences of your own regarding getting your child to say their first words. My boy babbles a lot and I think the docs are hopeful he will speak. It would be great to hear from people with similar problems and let me know what their outcomes were :-)
Hi - it's good news that he babbles
. Has he got speech therapy? My son didn't speak until he was 5 - then sd a short phrase. His pronunciation wasn't vg but speech therapy were a great help. I wd keep words short + simple, accompanied with a picture - a simple example being "cat". Does he understand some individual words and/or short phrases? You can incorporate them into your daily activities, such as "get your coat" whilst standing right near it + picking it up to put on him. That sort of thing. My son also cd write single words/numbers before he cd talk so development can be unusual.
Hi - it's good news that he babbles. Has he got speech therapy? My son didn't speak until he was 5 - then sd a short phrase. His pronunciation wasn't vg but speech therapy were a great help. I wd keep words short + simple, accompanied with a picture - a simple example being "cat". Does he understand some individual words and/or short phrases? You can incorporate them into your daily activities, such as "get your coat" whilst standing right near it + picking it up to put on him. That sort of thing. My son also cd write single words/numbers before he cd talk so development can be unusual.
