Is late speech a sign of autism?

SPEECH DELAY IN KIDS – What to do!

A mum recently told me that her son would soon turn 4 and he barely talked. She was worried if he is autistic.

I was a bit worried for her, but I encourage her 

and told her that her son will talk when it’s his time.

So today, I would like to share some of the tips I gave her with you, just in case you have a toddler that barely speaks. 

I would like to start by saying, speech delays are very common among children with autism. But they are also common in children without autism.

If your child has a speech delay, it doesn’t always mean something is wrong. You may simply have a late bloomer who’ll be talking your ear off in no time 😃

Did you know that most children born during the pandemic have delayed speech?

There is a significant rise of children born during pandemic with the delay speech. 

So how can you help a child that has a delayed speech? 

The simple answer to the question is to keep talking to your toddler. Talk to your kids a lot even if they can’t speak to you yet.

For example, let’s say your child is pointing at something he wanted you to get for him on the table, instead of just getting it for them, you can just ask them and say , ‘what do you want? Or you could say “Do you want your shoes? And tell them to say “I want my shoe” …

Even when they are not at the point of talking,  keep talking to them eventually they are going to talk.

Dear Parents, if you have a child with a speech delay please don’t worry too much especially if they were born during the lockdown just keep talking to them.

In addition, get any help that your Nursery is suggesting for your child. I  know a lot of us parents decline such help, especially people from my home country Nigeria. We run away from anything like therapy 😊 

I think you should still accept any help you can get. But as a parent you need to work on your child at home.

Remember it’s what you put in your children that you are going to get out of them. If you put a lot of effort in your child you’re going to get a lot of effort out of your child. 

I hope this helps 

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