mild-moderate autism {help}

So i dont really talk much about things like this.
but my son who is now two doesnt talk very much.
at most he says 5 to 6 different things.
well they thought that it might have been his hearing.. we had it tested his hearing is perfect.
the next step is a hard one to swallow they are now telling me they think he might have mild to moderate autism.

well just to check it out i looked it up and found a video with a child his age who does all the things he does. i know its not a horrid thing. i just want my son to talk. i want to have what other mother have with there children around his age with talking.

for those who have a child with mild to moderate autism how did you cope when finding out? before finding out did you freak out?

My oldest was in a similar situation around the same age. He's now about to be three and talks up a storm and no longer does any of the red flag behavior he displayed before.
He didn't even make eye contact at his first evaluation. He had one recently, and he no longer qualifies for services.

Therapy can do wonders.  

Good luck!

Quoting Tea Bag McGee:" So i dont really talk much about things like this. but my son who is now two doesnt talk very much. ... [snip!] ... those who have a child with mild to moderate autism how did you cope when finding out? before finding out did you freak out?"

honestly, i was relieved when we found out. now we know why he wasnt talking much, and i pretty much knew he had autism since he was 2. he had been in early intervention, which did help a lot. he is now 3, in a special needs class in preschool, and is doing great. he is still at about a 24 month old speech level, but he is very intelligent

My son has austism, I'm not sure what it whether it would be "moderate or severe" though. He really didn't talk for a long time say 2-3 years... I got him into Early intervention and now he's about to turn five and he talks all the time, some well most of it is hard to understand, but I'm happy he's talking.

I would suggest getting him into an early intervention and when he turns three get him in with the school system for speech/occupational therapy.

If you need to talk please feel free to message me.

My now 4 yo has autism and I remember feeling that way! I just wanted to have a conversation about what he was thinking and stuff. He's been in speech since he turned 2 and around 3 is when he started putting words together and talking better. Now at 4 he talks all the time. His comprehension still isn't good..he doesn't understand what's being said to him most of the time, he just repeats what you say. For example one of his friends, T, says "Corbin! How many presents did you get for Christmas?"
C: Oh presents for Christmas?
T: Yeah how many did you get?
C: Presents!
T: I got a hundred presents!
C: Oh! A hundred presents?!

And it continues forever.

My son is 5, diagnosed at 3. He didn't talk until last year.

I was in denial before the evaluation. I thought he only had a speech delay and had my mind set he had aperxia (sp?) because I didn't think he had any other signs. Looking back, I saw the signs, just didnt understand them.

After he seen the doctor, we had to leave while the doctors talked. My son had had a huge meltdown, and I knew they were going to say it was autism. I was mad! Not that he would have it, but I thought they were dx him wrong based on that meltdown.

I often have my moments where I just hate that I can't have the life with him I planned. He recently lost his first tooth! So exciting! Until I heard the parents of the kids in his class (who are mostly 3 and 4) talking about how he's too old for the class. How they didn't realize he was so much older. Why was he there? Then I realized I can't even have that moment be "normal". This poem helped:


Welcome to Holland


I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience
to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this . . .
When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a wonderful vacation trip to Italy. You get a bunch of guide books and make all your plans. The Colosseum . . . the Michelangelo David . . . the gondolas of Venice. You get a book of handy phrases and learn how to say a few words in Italian. It's all very exciting".
"Finally, the time comes for your trip. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says:
"Welcome to Holland."
"Holland?!" you say. "Holland? I signed up for Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy!
"I'm sorry," she says. "There's been a change and we've landed in Holland."

But I don't know anything about Holland! I never thought of going to Holland! "I have no idea what you do in Holland!"
What's important is that they haven't taken you to a terrible, ugly place, full of famine, pestilence and disease. It's just a different place.
So you have to go out and buy a whole new set of guide books . . . you have to learn a whole new language . . . and you'll meet a whole new bunch of people you would never have met otherwise.
Holland. It's slower paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy . . .
but after you've been there for a while, and you've had a chance to catch your breath, you look around and begin to discover that Holland has windmills and Holland has tulips - Holland even has Rembrandts.
But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy . . . and they're all bragging about what a great time they had there. And for the rest of your life you will say, "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I planned." And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away. And you must accept that pain - because the loss of that dream is a very, very significant loss.
But . . . if you spend your time mourning the fact that you never got to go to Italy, you may never be available to enjoy the very lovely, very special things about Holland.
"Welcome to Holland!"
by Emily Perly Kingsley

<blockquote><b>Quoting Mommy of a giggler!:</b>" My son is 5, diagnosed at 3. He didn't talk until last year. I was in denial before the evaluation. ... [snip!] ... never be available to enjoy the very lovely, very special things about Holland. "Welcome to Holland!" by Emily Perly Kingsley"</blockquote>




I also have had the issues with C being "too big" or "too old". People don't understand that yes he is huge, the size of some 6 year olds but he's developmentally about 3.