Autism??

[fargi]

Hi.

well i am a speech therapist too. but sometimes its not an easy task to handle a child of our own family as a therapist.well i have a case please check and give solution. my brother's son 3years old is having a speech delay. he started talking 4 months ago. now he is having a language disorder,syntax. (eg, mama glass juice) secondly i feel he is showing some signs of autism. as i didnt have any battery to test him on it,so i can not title him right now. more, the child want to play alone,dont like interruptions,but according to mood. in peers, his behaviour is stubborn and beat other children. he just want that all praise him all the time and thats it. i feel there is also fault of parenting too in developing many things like that. they made him over pampered, protective,spoon fed etc.

my question is that , child beats others and like solitary play because of his hinderance of speech, or there are some other causes in his stubborness?
Number 2 question is, how must i start his speech therapy, as a normal child or some sort of catagory must be involved,like autism or anything else?

about the child, he is delay in communication as i mentioned above, having antisocial habits. not any steriotypic behaviour but sometimes very rare, have good eye contact.

Thanks

[cindy]

i would give the PLS (preschool language scale ) test.  this will determine his receptive and expressive language skills.  do this WITHOUT  parents in the setting.  you can do this over several sessions so the child doesn't become bored or is unwilling to participate.  sounds like there are some language issues going on BUT if he just started talking this would be pretty typical.  ALSO, have the parents get his hearing checked to be sure he doesn't have inner ear problems.  hope this helps. 

[fargi]

yeah plz send me that language test. it would be a great help.  i am waiting for it. my email is dearfarah@yahoo.com