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17 May 2014, 10:52 pm

League_Girl wrote:
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I went through the same thing as you--except without "my own language."

All of a sudden, at age 5 1/2, I started speaking grammatically well. Before, I wasn't speaking at all.

I want to know "what the hell was all that about?" myself

I went from being a psychotic whirlwind to being an Aspergian.


My mother made up her own language that her parents learned and then at 5 started speaking English with no problems.


My mom told me I made up my own language as well before I could speak. I came up with words for things like B'bye was my blanket I always liked. I also said duce for juice. But it was always frustrating no one else understood but my parents. I also made up my own communication. I found a way to communicate and to tell my parents what I wanted.


Yes, but didn't you have a hearing problem? That may have been accountable for your language abnormalities.


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17 May 2014, 10:57 pm

ImAnAspie wrote:
League_Girl wrote:
motherof2 wrote:
kraftiekortie wrote:
I went through the same thing as you--except without "my own language."

All of a sudden, at age 5 1/2, I started speaking grammatically well. Before, I wasn't speaking at all.

I want to know "what the hell was all that about?" myself

I went from being a psychotic whirlwind to being an Aspergian.


My mother made up her own language that her parents learned and then at 5 started speaking English with no problems.


My mom told me I made up my own language as well before I could speak. I came up with words for things like B'bye was my blanket I always liked. I also said duce for juice. But it was always frustrating no one else understood but my parents. I also made up my own communication. I found a way to communicate and to tell my parents what I wanted.


Yes, but didn't you have a hearing problem? That may have been accountable for your language abnormalities.


Yeah for about nine months and then I had tubes put in. But that still didn't end everything.


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17 May 2014, 11:49 pm

KingdomOfRats wrote:
under classic autism/AD,they mean significant speech delay to over three years old,not just any speech delay..

Interesting, I know my daughter was diagnosed with classic autism at 5 but we did questioned the criteria behind the diagnosis (not the diagnosis itself) on a number levels, particularly on the criteria of "significant speech delay",she was actually saying words from 18 months and always maintained a near normal vocabulary (according to her speech therapist). Since the age of 6 she's constructed simple sentences and she is starting to now use complex sentences at age 8 when the urge hits her to communicate. At school her lack of communication and inability to articulate a good many things in words means she's classified as non-verbal. I think the latter is highly subjective.