My ds is turning three in a few months and is pretty much non-verbal. I was curious to know if there are parents out there that experienced what I am and how are the kids now? How are they communicating now? Are they ever able to truely catch up in terms of language? What intervention did you do. Will my ds ever talk?

Thanks,
Winter2005

Hi Winter,

Has your DS had a diagnosis & is he on the spectrum? Is he currently receiving any interventions?

Best wishes.

hi winter2005,

my son was also fairly non-verbal at almost 3. i was lucky to get bye-bye or mom out of him. shortly after he turned three, he started to echo (echolalia) and script. that's all we could get out of him. he would come out of his speech sessions saying "i want you to stop repeating me". obviously what his therapist was saying to him. slowly he started to speak a few more words and 2-3 word phrases on his own somewhere around 3.6. it was still very difficult for us because he was still scripting practically everything he heard. sure i wanted him to speak but scripting and echolalia wasn't what i had in mind. then i read somewhere that echolalia could be a very positive step in obtaining functional language. during this time, we implemented an ABA program and they taught me to ignore the scripting and redirect him to something else. fast forward 2 years later...he is now a VERY verbal child and talks constantly. he is amazingly curious about everything around him. i would say the only thing that sets him apart is his inabilty to understand why others arn't as passionate about his interests as he is. he is about to enter kindergarten and is reading on a second grade level (self taught). he also taught himself how to solve simple math problems. good luck.

mom23angels, your story has given me hope!! :bouncing:
My ASD daughter is about to turm three (next month) she is very echoic (in the last two weeks) and is strating to understand about answereing and not repeating questions. :) She has been in ABA since MArch 2006 ( amazing place in Destin) and has improved grately in so many areas but I just want to talk to her.:D and I worry I will never be able to ,but you gave me hope. thanks :angel:

Kedan is 4 and hes starting to become verbal. He lables ALL the time but starting to use words tomeet his needs. He signs also. I dont know that he will ever catch up on things but will improve for sure. Good luck.

I am pleased to say we have a boy that is three and half and he has been with early on since he was two our son doesn't talk but he will say daddy mom and tries to say thanks and please peees even though he doesn't talk he will take us to what he wants or he will show us or bring us what he want so if your child isn't doing any of that just wait it will happen

our son will be 4 in november he doen't talk but he does communicate so we know what he wants I say just hang in there and if your child isn't in a preschool get them in there thats what we did and we dont regret it a bit

piratemom,

i think it is so important for us to share positive stories. i am always looking for stories about children in the next developmental stage from my son. i'll never forget reading about a child (when my son was 2.6 and completely non-verbal) who had delays and his first words were "yellow toothbrush". how i prayed that night to hear those words come from my son.....wondering what his voice would sound like. take care.

Chris is 6 and is pretty much non verbal. He says things once in a while but I can tell what he wants and he points and or signs what he needs. I do know there is a good chance Chris will never talk but his teacher told us of a 18 year old in his school who never spoke a word till his last day of school. There is always hope

My daughter didnt say her 1st word until she was 4..... She is 10 now and has minimal verbal skills. But she is echlalic somewhat and she can name anything you put in front of her. Its really kinda weird couldnt tell you her name to save her life but if you put a picture of herself in front of her she would say Sarah. I have to really pull it out of her if she wants something. I know what she wants 90 % of the time and I hold up the item and another and make her say it. She is alot of work but I wouldnt change her for anything........ SHe is awesome, we love her so much. I have a typical 11 yr old daughter and she always argues and yells at me, I dont know what I would do with 2 of them ~!! LOL~!! Good luck to you~!