My son was the same way at that agie. All he would say was inga lol It will come in time just work on it with him when you talk to him say mommy is doing or mommy is going just say mommy to him alot and he will get it.. Can you tell me some other sings that you see with your son you don't al ways have to have meds.... there is no med to make autism go away.. But sometimes the dr. will give a med to help with moods and stuff.. You don't have to do meds if things are going fine with you and your son don't do any meds at all tell you need to and you might not need to at all. There is alot of help out there. talk to the autism dr. when you go and they should tell you all the help that is in your area... I hop all is well with you and your son.. Hugs

well hello and welcome to the group. there is a program called early intervention for your son's age group that would be a good thing to get into. you can contact your doctor or your local school system or your local autism society for that.

all the information can be very confusing so i would recommend going back thru the old posts on here and reading. i find that knowledge is power. there are several mothers on here and dads that use the GFCF diet that i'm sure would be happy to help you.

again, welcome and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

jprjat, I know where you are coming from. My grandson was that way at the beginning. We did put him on the GFCF Diet. Believe me it worked. He had no eye contact just babbling I longed to hear the word nana. His doctor kept telling us it was just terrible 2's he was going through with the temper tantrums and not responding to his name no eye contact and so on. So I searched it out got together with TACA and we started him on the diet. Today he is 4 will be 5 in May. He is talking in sentences goes on my computer and plays on Disny.com by himself he gets on. He has eye contact and and responds to his name knows his abc's and numbers still has alittle temper but we are working on that. And the most part is doing very well on potty training. Goes to pre school in underwear now. Check out the video I did on him and autism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtP0iZCLufE

I'm a firm believer on the diet my grandson is proof.

One more thing he is NOT on any prescription drugs. He is on homepathy from a local doctor and his dan doctor. I love his dan doctor. He's Anthony's guardian angel.

Ette is about to turn 5 and I am just getting an I love you...so keep hope...Its a really huge deal that you get babbling...we didnt have that...so I would be very optomistic...The only me we have is Clonadine for sleep and Ette has made huge progress just in the last year with therapies...We had him tested for Celiac (gluten and casin intolerence) and he doesnt have an allergy...its alittle expensive if you dont have insurance but it will save you alot of money on food if you dont need to buy expensive foods...We still tried the diet just to see and Ette could tell the differnce and refused to eat...I could taste a difference too...and I dont blame him...but if your child does have an intolerance Ive heard it does wonders...Our biggest helper has been IBI (ABA) I cant believe the changes in just a year...its a terrific program...although IBI is done more in the community and ABA is home or school based but still a pretty good program...

seems like a lifetime ago when steven was 2. very much like ur son. what i would do before and after i found out he had autism.
when he had his baths i would sing a song he knew twinkle twinkle and i would stop at star and he would say it.
it really worked.
he has limited speech, he ues pec symbols to communicate.
never tried the diet as long as i probably should. but try everything and give it a good trial.

I would also add the book
Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders by Kenneth Bock and Cameron Stauth. I would try the gluten free casein free diet as soon as you can, or wait until you have been to see an alternative doctor that can do the correct biomedical testing. (once off of the offending foods, the tests do not show the results correctly) You basically have to get off of ALL processed foods, all cereals, all dairy, etc.. The diet does not work for all, but works amazingly for many. Sometimes it's just that extra things are also needed for the diet to work also.

Oliver was not talking until 3y9m. He did say "Bless You" when people sneezed at 2y9m. He found that interesting. What the kids do to learn is what they are turned on by and what they get reinforced. I guess Oliver thinks sneezes are noteworthy and everytime you hear a sneeze you say "Bless You"
He really started talking more when he played computer games that had words and sound all together, and he likes to clik the mouse. Reader Rabbit has an old game for Toddlers, where the kids just put the curser on the picture. He knew the entire alphabet by 3y6m because of computer games.

The best thing is to have him play with typical kids as much as you can. Get him speech and ABA too. You should be getting ECI or what ever they call it in your state. Good Luck.

I am brand new to this support group but not new to autism at all. My son is 15 and we've been at this for quite sometime. I think a good resource for you would be the book "More Than Words" by Lisa Jo Rudy. It gives alot of information on how to build language and communication in children with autism.

My son was dx as severely autistic and didn't put him on medication until he was 14 (due to severe behaviour issues).

Good luck!

Thank you all for sending your prayers and your advice. It is all appreciated and I will look into all of it. I am gonna get some books and figure out where to start. I will keep everyone updated. Thanks again.

Our son was also that way at age 2. I knew in my gut that something was wrong, very wrong. It all started after he got the required shots for his age group.
Brian did not do well with the dietary change. This is the first step for you to do regarding this matter, it could work. As a suggestion, you may want to see a Psychologist that works with children on the spectrum, you will also need to look at the areas Center for Autism Related Disabilites aka CARD centers, they usually have them where the Universities are located. You will want to set up an appointment to see a Speech Therapist and a Occupational Therapist, I say this for two reasons, they can help in the diagnosis for Autism based on the testing that they give, they also hold more weight in the diagnosis factor, the Psychologist will hold more weight in the diagnosis. Your pediatrican may not have the right educational credits to make the diagnosis. They are not trained to make the call on this matter. Getting the PDD-NOS diagnosis is just another way out for them. SO you will want to see the Speech and Occupational Pediatric Therapist.
The Speech therapy will help, alot. You need to get this process going now, so when your son reaches school age, you will have the paperwork and he will have his speech in place. You will need the paperwork to make sure he gets into the correct classes and will continue to recieve speech and occupational therapies. He should also have a aide in the class room. This is going to help alot. I do not want to see another parent go through the stumbling process like we did. You have a chance to make the changes now.
Please look on the net for Area support groups, you should go to them, get all the information that you need. Chances are it will give you better insight and you give you a chance to speak personally one on one with other parents/caregivers.
A Pedatric Foundation maybe in your area too, please check with them for other sources of supoprt and guidance to local SLP/OT's. The CARD centers will assist you in gaining some of the contacts as well.
The school will test your son, before he enters school, you should be prepared to go and have testing done at least two times, if not more. Then they will discuss the IEP process and what will be provided as a first year to school.
It's alot of information I just gave to you. Take time to soak all this in.
Books suggested for reading:
Temple Grandin, PhD, Thinking in Pictures.
Stephen Shore, PhD, Beyond the Wall.
Read Temple's book first, she is Autistic and she really will help you piece some of this puzzle together. Stephen is a Aspie,, He also has wonderful books and will help you fill in some gaps where temple does not.
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