delayed babbling anyone?? | ADHD Information
Don't jump the gun. It could be anything or nothing at all. First you may want to get your child's hearing checked. Then go to your doc and get a referal to a speech path.
Good luck
Hi joemom! Am only asking because he's had brain injury at birth so i know he's at risk for certain disorders. His hearing has been tested and is fine. Am trying to understand that if his speech is delayed, is there a possibility it might still be ADHD and not an autistic spectrum disorder? as in are there other kids that didnt babble as babies and now have a diagnosis of ADD/ADHD rather than Autism?
My nephew had a speech delay and that it all it was was a speech delay. He is not autistic or ADHD. My son with ADHD was a big babbler and still can't shut up.
My nephew also had issues with gag reflex and eating.
You could probably get some early intervention they have a program for birth-three. Call your local school system and they can get you set up for an eval and possible speech/language and any other services that he might need (OT/PT)
My 10 month old is not babbling at all. Is this necesarily a sign of autistic spectrum disorders or are there ADHD kids that didn't babble as children? My son is going to be 6 soon and he is still babbling. You can hardly understand a word that he says. My now 10 month old has just started babbling. My other daughter was babbling at 9 months. Every baby will be different and start to babble when they are ready.
But not babbling *is* a sign of ASD. Babbling at six I'd say is not the norm either.
Lilian, really have no idea what you're talking about. This isn't a discussion about stims. This is a new poster from another country.
[QUOTE=pammar]But not babbling *is* a sign of ASD. Babbling at six I'd say is not the norm either.
Lilian, really have no idea what you're talking about. This isn't a discussion about stims. This is a new poster from another country.
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I am sorry I forgot to say that my son did'nt start to babble until he was a little over a year old. He is in a speech class now and is showing improvement.
Hi, swech. Hey, don't panic yet. First off, ASD is more than not babbling. The young ASD child will usually be withdrawn and not that responsive to others voices and won't make good eye contact or imitate others. Does he point to get his needs met and look at you? To be honest, it's not universal. Some ASD kids, higher on the spectrum, *do* respond, but he's so young that nobody will diagnose him with ASD now only based on babbling. It IS a red flag, especially if you have other spectrum kids. If you want, you can write me again. Is there any way to get "speech" for him? My son had it from infancy on. Take care and calm down :) YOu could probably get better feedback on this board, regarding ASD:
www.autism-pdd.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?...
The problem with waiting to see if it's normal is that it's better to be safe than sorry. Interventions never hurt and, if it turns out to be nothing, you didn't waste anything. If it turns out to be ASD or a severe form of ADHD that mimics ASD, you've lost years. Go to the website I posted; parents there are VERY knowledgeable about ASD. They've lived it and can tell you the red flags and what to look for.
pammar38967.4984027778http://www.adhdnews.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20848& KW=swechcha&PN=0&TPN=8
Haven't we already had this discussion?
My son started to babble 5 months ago, when he was 13 month old, still just babblyng not speaking a word!
dd /ADHD/ started to speak when she was 6 months old and never stopped again 
. She is 10.
Ivanhoe, could you please tell me daniel's story or link me to a previous post? DELAYS ARE NOT PART OF ADD OR ADHD. DANIEL NEVER BABBLED AS A BABY. ADHD? Is he hyperactive?Hi pammar! I already am on that board. I'm getting all possible interventions for baby including HBOT. I'm guessing that my case may be somewhat unique in that he's been getting all his interventions 6 months onwards (except HBOT) although there are very subtle signs of a problem.
I'm looking at this in two ways. One is of course to get my son the best possible outcome given his early brain injury. The other is to see if I can come up with a protocol( an unofficial one of course) for brain injured babies to see if the onset of autistic behavior/ADHD/learning disabilities can be prevented by a certain set of interventions. I'm keeping a record of everything I'm doing and if things work out well for my son, I hope this information will be useful to other mothers in my situation.
You've replied to my queries before and I thank you for your continued support. I realise that my style of communication is a little stilted and formal compared to other people on this board, but this is the written style of communication we are taught in india and it's very hard to decondition. So please put up with my excessive thank yous and kind regards and warm regards and other such outdated stuff. Also I cannot communicate without a smiley button. this is a me thing and not an Indian thing.
Warm regards
,Swechcha.
Hi Lillian!
You're right. We've had this discussion. Sort of. My query here is a little more specific. I know that speech delays can be on account of ADHD. I'm asking if a delay in babbling specifically can also be a sign of ADHD rather than ASD. Babbling is a far more primitive skill than speech and it often survives deafness, mental retardation, brain injury and things like that.
The only way I can get answers to this question is to ask the parents on this board if their kids babbled as babies or not.
Regards
Swechcha.
My son had speech delay because he has low muscle tone. Also, he was born with a brain injury to the part of the brain that is associated with speech. Maybe you can track down the area of the brain that was damaged and see what function it's connected to.
He also has ADHD. Speech delay is not a criteria of ADHD.
INaBOX38970.4436342593Hi joemom!Thanks for responding :). I'm guessing your nephew may have had oromotor issues. That would explain the gagging and reflux. Does he have a mild case of cerebral palsy? My son has mild cp, but he doesn't show any signs of oromotor muscle issues.
We don't have those services in India. I'm getting him services on my own. Hope your son's doing great.
Regards,
Swechcha.
Thanks InaBox. My son has similar issues. Except he has high tone rather than low tone. His speech therapist says his lips and tongue may be slightly affected. but it definitely looks liek his speech issues are a result of damage to teh left temporal lobe. Hi boopster!
thanks for replying. You're right. Children take their own time about babbling :) as they do about everything else. But my son is now 11 months old so I AM starting to get a little worried.
[QUOTE=swechcha]Thanks InaBox. My son has similar issues. Except he has high tone rather than low tone. His speech therapist says his lips and tongue may be slightly affected. but it definitely looks liek his speech issues are a result of damage to teh left temporal lobe. [/QUOTE]
Ooops, I replied to your pm before I read this. It looks as if you already have a Speech Pathologist.
I'm curious though, knowing all these facts already, what made you think it could be connected to ADHD or ASD? What brought you on this board?
I already know that when your kid has cp or even escapes cp, but has had brain injury at birth, he/she is at risk for problems like ADHD, ASD and learning disabilities. The delays are already there. It remains to be seen what exactly he is going to have. I'm sort of trying to diagnose him before the doctors can. It helps me prpare myself and my family to deal with it. Right now it looks like he may fall somewhere between ADHD and PDD-NOS. Hoping of course that he does not regress.