Guest guest Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 If anyone can help with some insight, I appreciate it!!!! My nephew is 2 1/2 years old and doesn't say ONE word. He will grunt and whine if he wants something. When he was just an infant, at about 6 months old I visited my brother's house and found laying in his playpen. I had brought him a toy and I said, " Look , Auntie brought you something new to play with!!! " The child never acknowledged me or the toy. I said to my sister in law, " hmmm, he isn't too interested. " She told me that he LOVES to stare at the sides of the playpen and will lay there doing so for hours. I picked him up trying to engage him in some communication. He was somewhat responsive....but, not like my kids used to be. For one thing neither of my children would have laid quietly in a playpen while awake for ANY length of time. Okay, that was that day...Then, I noticed at one year of age wasn't crawling...My kids were both WALKING by one year of age. This child wasn't even crawling, and not sitting up without assistance. At about 15 months started to crawl, but, a military belly crawl...Not on his knees and hands. He was 18 months old and not standing...Not trying to walk and had NO TEETH. Then about two years old he got two TOP TEETH, not the typical bottom teeth. Now he is 2 1/2, will turn 3 in June, and he doesn't utter ONE word. Not Mama, Dada, bye bye, nothing. He grunts, but, now he's started throwing fits and tantrems. He walks now with an unusual gate of tippy toes and sometimes runs in circles with his hands waving all the while. I knew from his infancy that something was just not right with him. But, my sister in law, (a nurse) ignored everything. I think she's in denial and my brother doesn't know anything about child development milestones...He's a businessman. I truly believe is autistic. He does smile, but, he additionally has always had what we originally thought was cute habit of waving his hands at things...Now I understand that to be " hand flapping " . He has always done that. He will wave his hands at your hair, your clothes ( and he loves to touch different textures of fabric), his toys. He waves his hands at everything, but if you say bye bye to him he will not wave bye bye. He just looks. He seems oblivious. I am almost certain this child has autism and would really like some feedback. Thank you so much, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 , No matter what state lives in, he is entitled to a free multidisciplinary evaluation through the under 3 agency in the State (check with pediatrician or school district for the # to call....parents probably want to call and put the request in writing too for this assessment). This evaluation will quantify the delays and he will then qualify for early intervention treatment (speech, OT, PT)....usually not ABA....but it is a start to determine his deficits. Check firstsigns.org and download the MChat for free. You and the parents can fill out this form and watch some videos on that site too. I would also recommend that you and the parents read my book (The Verbal Behavior Approach: How to Teach Children with Autism and Related Disorders) while you wait for a diagnosis. The strategies in my book will help all kids with delays and give the parents some real tools to use for now. Best Wishes, ____________ Lynch Barbera, RN, MSN, BCBA _www.vbapproach.com_ (http://www.vbapproach.com) **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Sorry. I meant " conscience " where I said conscious. It can be, similar? .. . Mike Interpretive " language " is about communication, not correcting, silly, me? .. . The larger context normally puts things in their proper, as more meaningful, place, thereof? .. .;=)(This is not a competition.)+ Best wishes. > > > > If anyone can help with some insight, I appreciate it!!!! My > nephew > > is 2 1/2 years old and doesn't say ONE word. He will grunt and > > whine if he wants something. When he was just an infant, at about > 6 > > months old I visited my brother's house and found laying in > > his playpen. I had brought him a toy and I said, " Look , > > Auntie brought you something new to play with!!! " The child never > > acknowledged me or the toy. I said to my sister in law, " hmmm, he > > isn't too interested. " She told me that he LOVES to stare at the > > sides of the playpen and will lay there doing so for hours. I > > picked him up trying to engage him in some communication. He was > > somewhat responsive....but, not like my kids used to be. For one > > thing neither of my children would have laid quietly in a playpen > > while awake for ANY length of time. Okay, that was that > day...Then, > > I noticed at one year of age wasn't crawling...My kids were > > both WALKING by one year of age. This child wasn't even crawling, > > and not sitting up without assistance. At about 15 months > > started to crawl, but, a military belly crawl...Not on his knees > and > > hands. He was 18 months old and not standing...Not trying to walk > > and had NO TEETH. Then about two years old he got two TOP TEETH, > > not the typical bottom teeth. Now he is 2 1/2, will turn 3 in > June, > > and he doesn't utter ONE word. Not Mama, Dada, bye bye, nothing. > > He grunts, but, now he's started throwing fits and tantrems. He > > walks now with an unusual gate of tippy toes and sometimes runs in > > circles with his hands waving all the while. I knew from his > > infancy that something was just not right with him. But, my > sister > > in law, (a nurse) ignored everything. I think she's in denial and > > my brother doesn't know anything about child development > > milestones...He's a businessman. I truly believe is > > autistic. He does smile, but, he additionally has always had what > > we originally thought was cute habit of waving his hands at > > things...Now I understand that to be " hand flapping " . He has > always > > done that. He will wave his hands at your hair, your clothes ( > and > > he loves to touch different textures of fabric), his toys. He > waves > > his hands at everything, but if you say bye bye to him he will not > > wave bye bye. He just looks. He seems oblivious. I am almost > > certain this child has autism and would really like some > feedback. > > > > Thank you so much, > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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