r/MadeMeSmile • u/bendubberley_ • 18d ago

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

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u/TributeBands_areSHIT 18d 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 18d 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/PraiseTalos66012 17d ago

And how many of them don't get extra help with speech? He didn't say they can't turn out fine, just they need additional help.

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u/15_Candid_Pauses 17d ago

In all honesty all of them didn’t but that’s because their parents were either neglectful or didn’t have the resources, and my parents were just assholes lmao I got absolutely nothing.