21 month old ignoring me autism signs

**editedit* at 27 months my son was diagnosed with mild autism by ped. developmentalist on his Ados he got 12, I always thought his signs were strong for autism. But now Im confused because since speech therapy he shares sometimes, looks at you sometimes and sometimes says hi now. He spins less. But they said he still lacks it compared to the average child. and he now echos us, and continues to do repeat phrases/ situations. Its hard to tell whats what anymore. Because hes so mild every symptom now it confuses me. At least he'll get the behaviour therapy he needs :) thnks all.**editedit

Edit** Hi! thanks for all the responses and msgs, I havent been on youtube in a long time.

My son is 25-26 months now, and boy has he improved! He actually points and shares things, he looks more often unless hes focused, his eye contact has improved where he will Loook at me and attempt words. His speech has improved too. Of course I have also been working on a lot of these things since 20 months. So I can't be sure the effects, but i know for sure I had to work harder get him where he is.

He also is spacing out less, but there has been episodes his whole body shakes or just arms, so were going to an eeg.

The speech therapist says he has a "language disorder" so were working on that. He also has slight sensory issues i know of. He does have mild texture food issues the occupational therapist saod is normal in 2 year olds. His hand flapping has basically stopped/ replaced with clapping( but doesnt do it for no reason just happy) He also does continue to spin(and walk side ways, arms out, looks out side eyes etc) but at least now its less, and I know why hes doing it, basically saying Im done here! hes saying im tired, too many people, stressed. He does it at bed/nap times, though he has done it in group of kids too. People try to tell me " kids do that for fun" but I know thats not it, he isnt laughing etc, and happens in same situation every time.( if he stays up past bed time he'll spin a lot etc)

He doesnt really engage kids as such, but hes 2, he will chase and follow them though. He still doesnt get boundries, or strangers.

With autisimspectrum its a delay so Im still unsure if hes on it, all I know is theres a lot more things out there to look into and to help your child with the issues you know you can help with now.

I do know sensory issues and language disorders can be with children autisic or completely "normal" children. But i feel I understand him more. And am just so happy hes willing to share and is starting to share.

i still have developmental evaluation in future, so ill have to wait till then. Some of my bigger worries are disappearing, the sharing etc. Now we are working on his language disorder I just want him to understand (comprehension) and start answering / questions lol
Thanks again all! Ill update in the future!**Edit

Here is the jist! When my son was 18 months old, he didn't pass the "check":he didn't point, speak, or respond to his name.Didn't understand instructions,
didn't give eye contact. He is so happy! and smiley though! Finally went to a developmentalist when he was 18 1/2 months old. He said byebye,ball, d, but stopped! She said he had a language delay, but my son is so 'happy' 'social' . But if my son does have any problems I'd like him to get any help he needs now!
I'd appreciate it so much if anyone could look at his video and tell me if this looks like PDD NOS. I'm tired of people telling me"Hes just finE my kid did that" Maybe he is completely fine..but I'm sense he has issues.

My son is now 21 months(here) in the past 2 weeks he has started pointing!(all my work has payed off!) He looks at me when I call him half the time! Sometimes gives eye contact. He doesnt do joint attention, he spins himself, flaps his hands, he can say about 3 steady words, more , byebye, and d. His entire vocabulary Is maybe 16 words.

If we move from one toy to another he'll have a mini tantrum, But I'm not sure if this is because of his language delay?He doesnt like to be hugged and confined, he will scream and move away slowl, yet he's so loving! when he wants he'll come over to me for a hug. He backs up into me, instead of looking at me, he'll go backwards and then sit in my lap, or when we hug he burries his head into my shoulder. :(

He paces, over and over, but now he sits down more. If he stresses over something he sticks out his arms and does this stiff back and forth thing.
He brings things to me, if he wants me to fix it, open the jar etc, he grabs my hand and puts it on things he can't do. He uses my finger to point to pictures in a book.

Every day he does spin himself, just not obsessively. and he has lined up cars(he doesn't have many toys out but if i put out a ton of cars he'll line them up) but i think any kid would do that.

Thank you so much for reading this and I appreciate it soo very much! I really feel he is different, which is fine, but i want to know others see it t

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[MsNattyable]

I understand the ipod/ipad issues! Thank you for sharing with me! A lot of issues you have described my bf has/had too in school, I sometimes suspect my son will grow up to be justlike his father :P Who i always believed to possibly be on the spectrum, not adhd. He has attention issues for different reasons than an adhd child. But its nice to hear others experience, I'm sorry for your difficulties in school I really dont get why children and even teachers do that to children.

[MsNattyable]

that's strange the simpler levels are harder? It reminds me of my sons language disorder , He can do some 2-3 year old skills that kids his age can't, yet he can't even do some one year old skills like making choices. People assume people with autism don't want to be social or have friends,but it's more like they don't have the social skills to do so. I can tell you though i believe social skills can be learnt, it just dosnt come naturally though to you, and you'll always think more differently.

[MsNattyable]

I can't say I know bc I dont think the same, but I'm trying to understand, but I think that's cruel anyone would laugh at you explaining your thoughts, tbh your explaining a lot of things my bf has explained to me about himself. I believe he could possible be on the spectrum, but its just to hard to know now that he is older, and socially he has improved so much since he met me. He also tells me he makes his own interpretations of things, and he is very logical and technical too.

[setsunasamachan]

I have learned to approach social situations the same way I apply technical knowledge. I see things my own way and have figured out some of the interactions thru my own interpretations. When I explain these discoveries to anyone else,they generally laugh it off because they don't get it at all. I only understand things on a certain level that is easy for me and complicated for them as vice versa. Simply put, I can play the difficult levels of games easier and have a hard time with simple levels.

[MsNattyable]

@setsunasamachan I wrote my reply to you above this comment lol, but I wanted to ask you one thing, I'm not sure of your age but when you were in elementary what was it like for you?studies? focusing etc?

I can see you love anime like me too btw :P, Best wishes to you sweet heart :) <3 I hope things are going well for you, thanks for the reply.

[setsunasamachan]

He repeating this "boom" thing. I do that too. Alot. And then i catch myself later, sometimes hours after it happened. And I am a fully grown adult with Asperbergers syndrome. I also have twin cousins diagnosed with it and another young boy with a different type. He comforts himself in repeating things same as I catch myself doing. I try to stop but mostly I just keep it quiet when I do so I don't attract attention. I am on the savant side with light social tendencies. I can talk the day away i

[MsNattyable]

@setsunasamachan It's strange how you do realise your doing it! think it's great to have your comforting rituals, sometimes it seems so cruel to make someone stop..but as linus gets older and if he has his sensory issues or comforting things he needs. I'll teach him to do it in a quiet place and to take himself out of situations if he feels uncomfortable so he can regroup. You sound like a great young man btw :)

[setsunasamachan]

Sry, I hated essays in general. That's not how it came out when I had to cut it for going over 500.

[setsunasamachan]

I excelled at things I was interested in. Like art. focusing on tedious stuff like essays. I failed at following rules. I can rant by typing easily, as long as I am interested what he topic. But a 10pg essay on cloning? Always failed, never finished. I've read less than ten books. I sometimes re-read a page over a few times to try to comprehend. I was also a bit rebellious and often told the teacher where to shove it if I thought something was stupid. I love complicated and fail at easy.

[setsunasamachan]

Sorry, I am using my iPad and it doesn't like JavaScript to be able to reply directly to our conversation. I had problems studying things I wasn't interested in, like regular kids, but my stubbornness was (and is) at a greater level. My largest problem was social skills. I could never win points with the teachers or classmates. People didn't know how to handle that and I was often made fun of, which some people had to directly point out that they were doing so to make sure I got hurt.

[MrKKCal]

@MsNattyable. Thanks for posting the video and sharing your experience. I have a 18 mo old who is showing signs of autism: doesn't respond to name, no pointing, no waving, hand flapping, speaks many words but "uses" no words, hand leading. We are getting him assessed but not sure when that'll happen. What intervention did you get started with? Speech therapy? would you recommend something we can get started at home now before the assessment and speech therapy. Wishing your son a faster improvmnt

[setsunasamachan]

I only realize my problems now after years of my mother drilling it into my head. She's very easily annoyed though I am not. And what i do makes sense to me and it doesn't make sense to others. That's what I know now, though I am still learning how to handle social situations. I was always the wallflower at gatherings because (And still) dont know what to do. People assume I am shy because f2f I am lost. I like people very much sometimes and want to feel closer to my friends, but I'm clueless.