Re: aspergers at 2?

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I knew something was going on with my son @ that age too but when he was tested, probably about the same age as your son, they too told me he was fine. At age 4 he was diagnosed with ADHD in the fall of 2010, and in the winter he was diagnosed the developmental delay and speech and language impairment, this of course was by the school system,  and in November of 2011 he was finally diagnosed with ASD. Keep in mind that a medical diagnosis is not the same as an educational one, my son's school did not recognize his ASD diagnosis from his doctor, but they eventually did their own testing because a child can not have a DD label in the school system @ the age of six, so the school had to do their own testing which the results also show ASD. 

 

Hello,

My child is 2.5 and on the spectrum. He has an ASD diagnosis, but the doctor said this is too young to call Aspergers. He has no language delay and is at age level for vocabulary although still has " you and I' pronoun reversal. He went through an echoing phase which has passed and some responses are scripted (but used in appropriate situations). He does not qualify for Early Start programs because they say he is on target for speech.

Has anyone actually gotten a label for Aspergers this young, or is this a familiar situation for a lot of you?

Thanks!