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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, yes my boy does do some high pitched sounds sometimes and no he has not said any solid words but does say dada. He loves to say a word to us and waits for our reaction and smiles when we say it back. His word is 'darwar', I 'm unsure if he is trying to say a word. He does babble all the time with the usual baba, daadaa and tttt etc. I wouldn't say has regressed at all and as he used to be quieter and a lot of friends have commented on seeing positive changes in him. He loves to play with his sister and we have some friends who play swinging games with him and he loves this. He always comes up for more. His sister is his twin. My boy has what's categorised as "passive" autism where he hardly has any sensory issues and will  flap his hands if he gets very excited. We try to interact all the time with him and do a lot of play which I feel has really brought on his social interaction. Seemingly 'passive' autistic kids will interact with others if the other person interacts first. Keep on playing with him, ie running if this is what he likes, it's still interaction. Let me know how you get on as it's good to keep in touch with someone in a similar situation as myself. My boy will be 3 also in October.

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  • Hi, yes my boy does do some high pitched sounds sometimes and no he has not said any solid words but does say dada. He loves to say a word to us and waits for our reaction and smiles when we say it back. His word is 'darwar', I 'm unsure if he is trying to say a word. He does babble all the time with the usual baba, daadaa and tttt etc. I wouldn't say has regressed at all and as he used to be quieter and a lot of friends have commented on seeing positive changes in him. He loves to play with his sister and we have some friends who play swinging games with him and he loves this. He always comes up for more. His sister is his twin. My boy has what's categorised as "passive" autism where he hardly has any sensory issues and will  flap his hands if he gets very excited. We try to interact all the time with him and do a lot of play which I feel has really brought on his social interaction. Seemingly 'passive' autistic kids will interact with others if the other person interacts first. Keep on playing with him, ie running if this is what he likes, it's still interaction. Let me know how you get on as it's good to keep in touch with someone in a similar situation as myself. My boy will be 3 also in October.

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