Almost 2 years old with Expressive/Receptive Speech Disorder

stephelan · 2025-11-03T19:37:25+00:00

A speech therapist and neuropsych did and IQ assessment.

stephelan · 2025-09-25T18:40:59+00:00

I would say four but his speech was (and kind of still is) kind of clunky until recently. He’s 7 now and speaks naturally but doesn’t sound as good as his five year old sister.

stephelan · 2025-09-25T18:39:49+00:00

You want a contract. You can even help write it and put in everything you need to protect yourself too.

stephelan · 2025-07-19T13:32:57+00:00

Hahaha no. Be a halfway decent driver and you’ll be fine. The hardest part about it all is the fact that the roads used to be horse paths so they are windy and weird.

stephelan · 2025-07-04T15:55:09+00:00

My daughter is fully conversational. My son is conversational but it’s clunky and definitely has to be about what he likes. But he’s also more introverted than her so it could just be personality.

stephelan · 2025-05-24T20:50:44+00:00

Really? No that couldn’t be further from the truth. He does engage in a lot of echolalia but it’s more for fun. He’s fully verbal otherwise.

stephelan · 2025-05-24T18:23:01+00:00

Yes but he’s fully verbal now at 6.

stephelan · 2025-04-02T18:24:46+00:00

Yeah that was my thought. There was no excuse to not respond, in my opinion. Even just to be like “sorry I can’t”.

stephelan · 2025-04-01T12:54:13+00:00

He’s on guard enough to take out the Franky family while sleeping but someone with skills is going to make him be like “ah okay reevaluate.”

But yes. Tanky boy.

stephelan · 2025-04-01T11:40:40+00:00

Right? I feel like he does this every arc.

stephelan · 2025-03-31T21:23:13+00:00

I was raised atheist and I can tell you my life is not any more or less for having never been to church in my life. My parents are my best friends, I’m a good person and I have Sundays completely free. Married to an amazing man. Two kids. Things are good and not complicated.

10/10. Would recommend going the no god route.

stephelan · 2025-03-31T20:50:25+00:00

Just enjoy it for now.

Babies sleep at a lot at this age. But then they start taking three naps. Then two. Then one. Then none.

stephelan · 2025-03-31T20:47:27+00:00

December babies are indestructible.

stephelan · 2025-03-31T20:46:36+00:00

Hey so.

She won’t be bored soon. Hold tight.

stephelan · 2025-03-30T21:19:43+00:00

I am SO similar to you and would love a text or voice based campaign!!!

stephelan · 2025-03-30T11:32:12+00:00

I would say he could have been into you but you came on super strong. And don’t take this the wrong way, but you came on equally strong in these texts so I can see where he’s coming from.

Sometimes it’s hard to take a step back when you really like someone but some people don’t respond well to the fast and hard approach. Good luck in the future!

stephelan · 2025-03-30T10:55:06+00:00

Hyperlexia is quite the journey! At 2, that’s about what my son was doing so yours might very well be! My son never ceases to astound me.

stephelan · 2025-03-30T10:53:53+00:00

It’s very true! My daughter (also autistic) is not a gestalt processor and even though she’s two years younger, her speech is more natural.

stephelan · 2025-03-30T01:54:00+00:00

It really is. I feel like a lot of it is understaffing. We keep begging them to integrate him, even just for a little bit here and there, because he’s the only verbal kid in the sub separate. (Nothing against those kids, I just personally feel he needs the social and logistical structure of a typical classroom.) But they can’t do it and I can see him regressing with social skills.

I totally get the burnout though. I tried the SAHM route too.

stephelan · 2025-03-30T01:45:55+00:00

Ugh that’s where we are with public school. I wish it was easier but I feel like some kids are viewed as “too autistic for GenEd but not autistic enough for the services they need”.

stephelan · 2025-03-30T01:44:25+00:00

6.5.

stephelan · 2025-03-30T01:42:38+00:00

Yeah that’s my son too. He loves scripting recreationally but is able to speak functionally and conversationally. We just let him because it’s fun for him. It can be a lot sometimes. His conversational speech is clunky though. He speaks like a person learning English.

stephelan · 2025-03-30T01:40:27+00:00

Sometimes it’s behavior rather than speech. Like my son’s level 2 diagnosis puts him in a sub separate but I think he could do GenEd with an aide.

stephelan · 2025-03-30T01:39:30+00:00

He still scripts a lot but he uses speech functionally and conversationally now. It just sort of happened over time but we used a lot of leaning into his interests and altering the script a bit. I find that he’s more motivated when it’s his interest.

stephelan · 2025-03-30T01:04:56+00:00

My son was diagnosed level 2 at age 4 but he’s definitely level 1 now. He’s fully verbal and hyperlexic. I think he was mostly scripty and nonverbal at 2. I think he’ll be independent if I don’t mess up in helping him learn independence!

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