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Autism & Stuttering

From: Paola Migliozzi-Di Matteo
Date: 10/20/03
Time: 9:49:23 AM
Remote Name: 159.231.71.1

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I have a 45 month old was diagnosed having autism at 39 months. He has been classified as 'high functioning'. He is verbal, has an EXTENSIVE vocabulary, he has many songs, books, videos memorized which he reiterates all the time. He 'converses' with learned sentences, mostly requesting, but we are not all to clear as to whether or not he fully understands all his words. As of January 2003, his diagnosis with a SLP was quite bleak to say the least, he has made these strides in language development all in the last 8 months. He seemed to take off lets say by about the time we had his diagnosis and has not stopped. To top it all off he has begun stuttering. It isn't severe, but it started to become more and more noticeable late spring/early summer and seems to be coming up a little more frequently. It seems to happen most often when he is attempting some spontaneous speech/is angry/trying to communicate a need he hasn't done before and other times. We have implemented the use of a schedule board and a first and next board at home and at his daycare which seems to be working well. The SLP we are currently working with has recommended the use of PECS to help him with the stuttering, etc. Any input would be appreciated?


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