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hello, my daughter diagnosed autistic at 2.5yrs is now 4, she understands alot more than people think, she can follow simple instructions, and she seems more "workable" and tolerant at the moment, ie she doesn't resist adult direction as much as she used to, she also started off saying 1 word, which we moulded into a simple sentence, she now uses 2-3 words together, and can reel off countless nursery rhymes, although her conversational speech is non-existent, we've dropped our expectations of her, as most parents with NT children want them to develop first, like its a race, and i suppose the abnormality of living with autism has become our norm (if people could see what goes off in our house they would think we were bonkers!) my daughter sounds just like your daughter a year ago, and i tell you shes a different girl a year on, its just her pace of living has to be slower than other children her age, and not to sound stupid but what does lol mean? i'm from england and i'm racking my brain as to what it means, i see it posted all over the message boards and it's driving me potty not knowing what it means!