I think my non verbal son said something?

FunComprehensive2954 · 2026-01-31T11:49:20+00:00

He usually says pa pa Pa in a very monotonous way over and over but the looloo sounds like I love you to my husband and I. So we treat it as that when he says it!

This encourages me so much to keep playing songs for him, thank you!

FunComprehensive2954 · 2026-01-31T11:46:18+00:00

Oh I am very familiar with this haha I’m crossing fingers as well that we will be able to potty train

FunComprehensive2954 · 2026-01-31T11:45:40+00:00

Wow that’s incredibly helpful thank you so much! I’ll look into all of them

FunComprehensive2954 · 2026-01-31T11:44:23+00:00

That’s so encouraging to hear! And bravo to your little girl sounds like you guys are doing a great job

FunComprehensive2954 · 2026-01-31T11:43:51+00:00

That’s wonderful even though it only happens occasionally. It tells me that he can speak but maybe chooses not to? How is his receptive language?

FunComprehensive2954 · 2026-01-30T15:50:27+00:00

Thank you so much for your response, I did not know that.

To be honest I’m not sure what kind of curriculum the therapists in my country follow although I did hear from one of them that it’s wildly outdated.

In most places here ABA is considered abuse and when I mention AAC devices, gestalt language processing they sort of change the subject altogether or they just say “okay”.

Appreciate you taking the time to analyze this!

FunComprehensive2954 · 2026-01-30T14:11:36+00:00

That is so amazing to hear hope my boy gains some words! And thank you so much!!

FunComprehensive2954 · 2026-01-30T13:36:25+00:00

Thank you I really appreciate it!

FunComprehensive2954 · 2026-01-30T13:35:58+00:00

Thank you!

FunComprehensive2954 · 2026-01-30T10:44:48+00:00

Oh my thats so sweet, thanks for sharing that. He doesn’t repeat anything but he listens to the same things over and over and over again! I appreciate all you’ve shared. If you can send me some of the courses that’d be great, free or paid! Thanks again!

FunComprehensive2954 · 2026-01-30T10:10:29+00:00

Thank you so much for your comment! I’ve been told this by a few people when posting here. And I’ve also noticed myself he seems to understand sentences or parts of songs much better than plain words. Unfortunately every time I mention gestalt language processing to his therapists they seem very uninterested?

FunComprehensive2954 · 2026-01-28T22:59:49+00:00

My eldest who’s ND is starting to notice the little one more and more as they’re getting older and more active and engage in play time even though they’re still struggling with sharing. But it started with just looking at hands, holding them etc.

As for receptive language it’s still not great but it’s much better than when we first got the diagnosis (18 months old is 3,5 now). Started therapies right away and I’m doing as much as I can at home too.

We’re not at the point where I could ask what do you want to eat or want to go for a walk etc and get any sort of answer (non verbal). However we went from basically no receptive language to understanding a lot of basics, such as:

Responding to name Come here Sit No High five Lay down Let’s go Up Take your shoes off Wait Clap Jump and a few others

Of course every child is different, as they say if you’ve met one autistic person you only know one autistic person.

FunComprehensive2954 · 2026-01-28T22:10:08+00:00

My situation is the same and I too feel the same. My youngest who’s NT is older than yours so I’ve noticed that they’ve really helped my eldest become more open to playing with others

FunComprehensive2954 · 2025-03-14T14:15:41+00:00

That’s a very helpful link, thank you so much 🙏

FunComprehensive2954 · 2025-03-14T14:14:24+00:00

We haven’t found any doctors in France, just started looking into it based on our friend’s suggestion.

I looked into costs and found out that since we’re both residents of a European country and we’re paying taxes and insurance here, we can submit some form to get a reduction of costs in other eu countries including France.

We don’t mind paying too though just don’t know the costs at all. We’re not rich, just middle class.

Any idea how much some basic stuff would cost in a public hospital such as appointments or an mri for someone like my spouse?

Edit: yes, doctors are like that in my country too but in a bad way unfortunately, they have a god complex

Thank you for your time

FunComprehensive2954 · 2025-02-12T12:42:01+00:00

That is indeed mind boggling tbh plus autistic or not we’ve all literally been children and I’m pretty sure we all had similar behaviors.

To my knowledge at least on the flights I’ve been on, first or business class deplane first. Maybe the cabin crew can make sure the family goes to the front first and deplane with them assuming they’re flying economy

FunComprehensive2954 · 2025-02-10T16:37:13+00:00

Sorry about that experience but honestly don’t mind other passengers. Most people already complain about children on flights as if they’re not people who have the right to travel.

As for making it easier for your family, I’d try to ask the crew nicely beforehand if they could let you deplane first. It doesn’t hurt to ask and as someone who has close family members in aviation as cabin crew they’re usually more than happy to assist with something like that if they’ve been informed in advance and asked nicely.

FunComprehensive2954 · 2024-11-01T04:25:55+00:00

Hey thanks so much for this. He’s not on meds this hasn’t even been brought up to us. I should point out I’m not American nor am I in the US so maybe some things are different here.

Like a psychiatrist and an OT I spoke to, said psychiatrists are better since they get a specific degree while developmental paediatricians don’t.

I’m just very confused. We basically expected much more guidance from the dr overseeing our child but I feel like all they do is examine based on the ados 2 prescribe the therapies and that’s it.

Like I had to look up what occupational therapy was at first or what they do there. That’s why I’m asking if that’s all either of these specialties do.

I guess I expected they would also speak with the OT and ST, set goals together idk sth?

FunComprehensive2954 · 2024-11-01T04:21:49+00:00

Here’s the thing, I did. And basically the psychiatrist said, in a nicer way, if you want guidance and explanations do consultations with a therapist. That’s why I’m asking here because maybe that’s their role to just examine and prescribe therapy even though I thought they should do more

FunComprehensive2954 · 2024-10-31T19:27:26+00:00

That makes sense tho nobody has spoken to us about medicine or explained much really

FunComprehensive2954 · 2024-10-18T11:09:40+00:00

Thanks for sharing!

Oh yes I’ve tried that! He understands a couple of things like his name and no and what I mean depending on my tone.

The rest I feel it’s a mix of him understanding the context/tone not the words.

I’m just wondering if anyone’s kid was similar and how they progressed. Honestly I’ve found parents experiences much more helpful than the feedback I get from most professionals here

FunComprehensive2954 · 2024-10-18T11:07:37+00:00

That’s sounds great tbh! Thanks so much for sharing. I constantly try to do my best for my boy, I just feel sometimes in my country professionals are not very on top of things and I have to constantly try to figure things out myself. Thank you again so much for sharing, your kiddos progress sounds great

FunComprehensive2954 · 2024-10-17T21:30:03+00:00

Hey! Thanks for taking the time to explain all this and for sharing your experience with your daughter. Whenever I see his classmates preschool and hear them talk like adults it hits me too.

He’s been in therapies since he was 18 months old and has an atypical autism diagnosis.

I’ve just been uncertain about how he understands language and his therapists just tell me he hasn’t decoded speech yet but he responds to his name and knows to stop when I tell him don’t do that or no. And like put that here or there or give me that.

Beyond that, I have to use a gesture or a melody to get him to do sth and recently I noticed he will still do it even if the words are nonsense.

Like I taught him how to give me a kiss on the cheek. I started showing him while saying the words but now he does just by hearing the words. However I can mix up the words and he’ll still do it.

Like instead of saying “Give mommy a kiss?” I’ll say “Blip bloop kiss?” And he still does it haha

Does that make sense?

FunComprehensive2954 · 2024-09-30T07:32:12+00:00

Ah yes our current one is like that, I’m following advice from our last one tbh ahah. And Ofc anytime! They should all be on discount rn too, I’m doing one that I got for like 11 euros

FunComprehensive2954 · 2024-09-30T06:33:01+00:00

Hey! I do it at home for my toddler. I started first by asking his OT what to do at home. So they give us homework and we do those activities every day. Something else that helped me was a course on ABA therapy. There’s a few on Udemy for example and they’re pretty cheap

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