The speaking issue is just one item of several that he has problems with. There are significant delays in several measurable areas, besides speech. It’s not just “one thing” that diagnoses someone (like a lab test and an associated number with that lab test) - but it’s a combination of several things together. It’s the “whole picture” that makes the diagnosis.
>>The speaking issue is just one item of several that he has problems with. There are significant delays in several measurable areas, besides speech. It’s not just “one thing” that diagnoses someone (like a lab test and an associated number with that lab test) - but it’s a combination of several things together. It’s the “whole picture” that makes the diagnosis.
I know that. I had a number of problems too (still do today). I still shudder to think of how different life would have been if I had been labeled as autistic instead of just weird and shy and quiet and obsessive.