what are my son's chances?

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My son is four and has autism and probably apraxia as well based on

his trouble with articulation. His speech is slow to come and he is

hard to understand. When he was two and even three, I didn't worry

too much because I felt he was still young. However, now that he is

over four, I am starting to worry so much more.

I was wondering if this is still pretty typical for a child with

autism and if he can still develop normal speech (conversational) or

if his chances of that are now pretty small? Do most kids with autism

that do converse usually have more speech at his age? He is only

labeling and requesting but often needs lots of prompting.

Sorry, I am the worry type and this whole autism/apraxia thing is so

hard on me.

Thanks.

Michele