Any autistic toddlers??

Exactly me. I’m a little heartbroken

We just have to be patient and have hope they will get there hopefully in their own time! 🥹❤️ it’s very hard! My daughter is 2 aswell, and the last few weeks she’s actually been understanding me for example I take her milk up and tell her to get into bed and she does, or if I say come more food she will come to me ( she’s hand fed still and don’t sit so I walk around the house feeding her ) I mean it’s little steps but it’s a big win. I believe when they are ready they do these little steps, and hopefully that follows with speaking x

This is exactly what I'm going through myself, little boy at 21 months 🥺

Yes my daughter was completely not verbal until around the age of 3 she is now nearly 5 her speech still is not great but she can now speak in small sentences with a lot of help from speech and language therapy

my five year old was non verbal at 2. literally said no words. just babbling like a baby with sounds. she now speaks. she has autism and echolalia so she repeats what she hears out of context. she knows mum. dad and other things. she talks ALOT now. we learned she has a musical brain. she understands language better when its in a song. my six year old was verbal at 18 months and then regressed. no words since. he is 6. if ur little one isnt in speech and language, get her in there. helped my five year old so much and youtube videos with abc songs.

My son was this way…he’s talking sentences now at 5 :)

Yes my boy is 3 now and his understanding has got better over the last few months. Singing everything in a simple manner and makaton has really helped. He now says with signing “I want mummy” and “I want eat” just keep repeating the same phrases. He understands go upstairs it’s bath time, put on your shoes and loves singing about body parts. I remember 2.5 well and it wasn’t easy. 3 seems better although climbing and his frustrations have gone up a level. Keep at it and know you are doing a good job. It’s hard while watching others around who are typical. I have also spotted a couple of other kids jumping around at play centres and became friends with their mums who are also on the same pathway, it’s really helped finding others in the same boat xx

Mine is 3.5 and she only just started saying "up" when. She wants to be picked up and understanding when I say "get down"
She repeats some letters and numbers from the telly now not as communication though just repeats she loves saying five and e

And yesterday she pointed at a picture of a dog and said dog
Which was fantastic correlation

Just takes a lot longer for autistic kids who process much differently then most of life provides
She has understood me signing for cuddle since she was 2 but doesn't sign it back as well
We use little hand signals in the house for all sorts to help communicate

I'm in the same boat... worried but enjoying my time with him.. hoping one day he will speak..

Dm me 💙

it leads to many surprises I didn't know my second had even listened to me when I say up 🤣 as she sometimes smiles when I say her name and other time chooses to ignore me like most toddlers when doing something naughty haha 🤣
Was really nice her just suddenly using it as a word because she hears it a lot
One of my adult friends is autistic and he didn't speak until 5 and came out with full sentences
So I've been repeatedly using simple words and phrases for ages just waiting and watching

Thank you ladies, so relieving to hear all of these positive experiences 🙏🏻 my daughter is still on the waiting list for speech therapy but do any of you have any advice or activities that you do which helps your LO? i want to try new things with her which will encourage her even more but don’t know where to start x