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Learning to talk

Michmac

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 :-)

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  • Hi - maybe someone can answer this, but are speech therapy assistants all trained in autism or only those who decide they want to work in that area?  It is important to be trained appropriately to understand how best to help the children.  Also I didn't know there were speech therapy assistants who, I presume, are not qualified speech therapists.  So, if I'm right, without denegrating any of the efforts of these people, it may be best to look for a speech therapist who is experienced in helping autistic children.  If I've got any of the above wrong, then unreserved apologies + feel free to correct me.

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  • Hi - maybe someone can answer this, but are speech therapy assistants all trained in autism or only those who decide they want to work in that area?  It is important to be trained appropriately to understand how best to help the children.  Also I didn't know there were speech therapy assistants who, I presume, are not qualified speech therapists.  So, if I'm right, without denegrating any of the efforts of these people, it may be best to look for a speech therapist who is experienced in helping autistic children.  If I've got any of the above wrong, then unreserved apologies + feel free to correct me.

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