r/MadeMeSmile • u/bendubberley_ • 16d ago

Wholesome Moments Autistic non-verbal boy speaks directly to his mother for the first time.

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u/UserCannotBeVerified 16d ago

Iirc Einstein didn't speak until he was 4 or 5

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u/TributeBands_areSHIT 16d ago

Those are exceptions. Unfortunately most children who are non verbal by 4 require extensive services to catch up.

Rarely are these children just “really shy but fully capable of speech”. It takes WORK to get them to communicate 99% of the time.

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u/15_Candid_Pauses 16d ago

I don’t know how true that actually is cause I seem to hear all of the time about kids who had delayed speech until 4/5 and turned out fine, myself included.

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u/Away-Ad4393 16d ago

I have a niece who didn’t speak until she was 4, she is now at uni. And a friends little boy was non verbal until he was 3 but is fine now and has just started school.