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| Hello All... I am brand new to this board. Is the board also a new thing? Anyway I am looking for suggestions on how to approach parents of a child who is displaying classic signposts for PDD. Derek's dad has worked with autistic children as have many of his extended family members have. I am Derek's aunt, he is 3years 6months and he parrots and displays echolalia. He is fascinated by the spinning of wheels on play cars but has no other use for them. He scans the television stations for Spanish speaking stations although he has no exposure to Spanish outside of TV. He has some ritual behaviors. He does not interact socially with any peers. I don't know how to best assist the family and Derek especially at this time......There's no good way to do this. Take it from me. I'm the mother of a PDD kid and the great aunt to a nephew who, at 7.5 months, is displaying self-stimualtory behaviors. No one is listening to me. Is your nephew enrolled in any kind of nursery school? Usually the teacher will mention something to the parents. I wouldn't depend on the pediatrician, although even pediatricians begin to worry about language by this age. It will probably mean more if the news comes from an outside party. If his father works with autistic kids, he' probably afraid his son will end up the same way and refuses to face facts. However, high-functioning autism is quite a different matter and there may be less to fear. I'd say, do whatever your gut tells you to do but don't expect much in the way of results. Unfortunately, parents have to recognize this in their own time. | ||
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