More than worrisome indeed, that’s putting it extremely mildly. It’s absolute insanity from the verbally incontinent misinformer in chief. 💁🏻‍♀️

A double empathy problem affects our ability to relate to this curiosity and this understandably leaves parents very frustrated. Important to find out how they currently communicate and work from there. Meet them in the middle. Early intervention won’t help if it’s not the right intervention.

use, may appear around the 18 month mark, there may be a lack of or minimal gesture use eg pointing and differences in terms play development eg predominantly engaging in sensory/exploratory play with relatively less pretend play. Autistic kids experience a unique curiosity about the world.

Yes, agreed, that’s a really frustrating downward trend since the Covid era.

Delighted to see you here!!💚🤍🧡🇮🇪