Is It Speech Delay or Autism? | Early Autism Signs in Toddlers

My son has asd and had speech delays until around 7. He is now 14 and travelling international in debating competitions. He won best speaker a few weeks ago ❤

I just want to give a shoutout and virtual hug for all the worried parents here. we’re all in this together. 💛 please also remember having a child during covid WILL naturally set some things back, life is so weird right now our little ones are trying to adjust to new norms as well. 💛

My daughter had speech delay . She couldn't make up a sentence of 3 words....when she turned six she started to speak very well. Today she 11 yrs and doing well.

My daughter was very speech delayed. Didn't speak until she was around three! She's now an English teacher.

This has relieved the weight off my shoulder.my son is 2.5 years and can’t speak but he does the rest so well.i believe it’s just speech delay. May God answer all our prayers

My friend's son had speech delay, but he is fine now in high school , now speak very well ,doing extremely well in high school.

Other videos are so scary.Thank you Mary for being positive and making me have hope.

I highly appreciate your generous time and imparting your knowledge to us. God bless you Dr. Barbera.

Thank you so much! Very helpful ❤ god bless you and your family 💛

My son was speech delayed too until he reached 3.2 years old. I suspected it was because he was always watching tv which is in English, we parents don't speak English in the house. It resulted confusion for him. Now he just turned 5, he's very talkative, talks in english & doing very good in school.

I love that your desire is to help, not sell a product. Thank you! So informative for those of us who couldn't see it nor recognize it as something more than the idea of all babies are different and develop differently.

Thanks Mary. This video have helped me feel relieved. I've subscribed your video

Thank you for this information, its really helpful. My son is 9yrs and had been in this journey when he was 3yrs old discovered that he had delayed speech. Thank God, he can pass some words and do follow instructions. As a mom, I still want to see him developing well, help himself, sharing stories with me. Thanks, South africa

I noticed my daughter at 19 months with the following symptoms -not much eye contact -no name response -no waving -not pointing -no words -started spinning with corner eyes -tip toeing occasionally -lining up toys I decided to take away screen time and replace it with a lot of-face interaction (which she didn’t have before). A week later she started making eye contact and 2 weeks later she started to respond to her name. She also stopped spinning completely as well and shaking her head. She also used to hold on an object on each hand for a big part of the day now she rarely does it. She now high fives and waves. She imitates gestures when we sing nursery rhymes like (baby shark, twinkle little star if your happy and you know it clap your hands etc.) She still lines up certain toys but now she’s more busy exploring the house and more interested in books. It has been a month now and she has made so much progress. She still has no words and doesn’t point yet and on her own but started to point if I point. She would also spin (not excessively) but she would do it almost everyday and now she never does. So now I’m confused if it can be autism or screen induced behavior due to the over stimulation on her brain. (She watched cocomelon on repeat) She also didn’t have much interaction with me since I worked so much and I just feel so guilty. I quit my job and now I’m dedicating all my time to her.

We need more ppl like you. So glad that you are trying to help others without selling your advice! Thank you so much for being so kind and thoughtful of others!

My younger brother had a speech delay and suddenly out of nowhere at about 2.5 years old he just started speaking fluently. He is now a man in his 30s! It was just a speech delay. My daughter is 20 months old and I was concerned with her but once she started daycare about a month ago she’s suddenly saying way more words and stringing a few together. Not nearly as worried now.

Thanks for this video series.

I’ve recently started working as an ABA therapist. Thank you for being thorough and informative. Your video really helped answer questions I had.❤

When my son was diagnosed in February I was devastated but your videos helped me cope and gave me the strength to fight for services. Thank you!

Just had our doctors appointment yesterday for our 25 month old and she referred him for a speech delay/ autism evaluation along with a neurological and hearing exam. Wait time is currently up to 45 days. Just found this video and already learned so much. I just subscribed. Thank you so much for all the information!