Guest guest Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 I am new to this list. I enrolled my son into ECI when he was 19 months old. He was behind in alot of things, but has pretty much caught up. His speech therapist says he has apraxia and the developmental pedi said either speech delay, apraxia, or autism. He is 27 months old now and tries so hard to talk, but all he says is " ga " . He will say a sentence, but all Ga, ba, ca, ma.....mostly ga. I have heard him say apple once and even gator, up, and a few other words. When he was 16 mos old, he had hand foot mouth disease, took a round of antibiotics (he was REAlly sick), and we never heard him talk again. He was saying at least 6 words. He has good eye contact, hugs, etc. He does have some sensory issues, so we recently enrolled him into sensory integration therapy. The therapist says she sees most of her clients' speech improve with sensory integration. Do you find this true? Do you think my son will ever speak? We are seeing a DAN doc, becasue I think he has some gut issues/food sensitivities, as I do. We see him next week. He gets speech twice a wek through ECI and sensory twice a week/private. DO you think we need to bump up speech in private therapy? He is suppose to start MDO this fall, but I don't want to stick him in a room of 12 other kids and have his self esteem crushed becasue he is the only one who can't talk. This si so cruel to do to a family I just want my baby to feel good about himself, and I am terrified. Please help me- is there any good news ahead of us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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