Weird 18 month old changing behavior!

[meloza]

Hello,
I'm desperate to find an answer to my son's behavior.
He use to be such a smart baby very advance always for his age but in the last couple of months(2-3months)
his vocabulary is decreasing from 6 to 2 words! Only mama and papa. He can't communicate with me and doesn't seem to hear  or understand , he used to before but is like he chose not to.Also he likes spinning things all the time.
But he plays with other toys normally and his motor skills are amazing! It sounds like Autism but I'm very confused because he likes cuddling , he looks at my eyes about 50% of the time .His social interaction is normal and he points to things he wants and also showing me things. Plays normally with the toys(doesn't stack them in line or anything besides the spinning). He seems to enjoy being alone but he also gets tired to be alone in the house and wants to go outside and see other children, babbles a lot, when we are on or way out he gets on his stroller.

Also he had accomplish some milestone that he seem to forgot like  waving bye bye and other things like this.
My husband has ADD and his brother was diagnose when he was a toddler with something that has to do with no processing the information in to the brain(but nothing is wrong now).

Two social workers in the area had seem him(this was not an evaluation,just people who had work with autistic kids) and said that they don't think anything out of this word is wrong with him but I feel like my world is falling apart, is this temporary? is my son gonna have a normal life? can someone please help me!!!

meloza.***@****

[rettsmom]

The only way to know for sure if it's autism is to have him evaluated by a place that deals with development of children. I took my son to a CDRC-child development and rehabilitation center and they diagnosed him w/ autism. He didn't have all of the signs of autism either, because every autistic person is different and has different signs and symptoms. The best that you can do for your son is to find a place to evaluate him and then set up the supports to help him. He is the perfect age to start Early Intervention, they can help a lot with resources. Get him into a good special ed preschool if he is diagnosed, that has helped my son TREMENDOUSLY!!! Also we are filing for social security for him to help cover the costs of therapies-DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED IF HE HAS AUTISM, JUST GET CREATIVE!!! There is more support out there than you think...i'm slowly learning. :0)

[Jessica L Thomason Sassi, Ph.D., BCBA-D]

There is a pretty good-sized range in what is considered typical development, and it’s not terribly uncommon to see some fluctuation in the performance of those skills.  So it could be perfectly normal that he is talking a bit less than he was a couple of months ago, especially if he isn’t really at the point where he is doing much talking at all.

Autism Spectrum Disorders are diagnosed based on delays in language and social interaction skills and repetitive or stereotypical behaviors, and it doesn’t really sound as though he meets any of those criteria.   If you are genuinely concerned, however, you should bring your concerns to your pediatrician who can help you decide whether further evaluation is warranted.  An in-person evaluation is necessary for any real diagnosis, so bringing your concerns to your pediatrician might ease your mind (or get your son started with the help that he needs).
Best of luck!

[kipani356]

http://www.gotoquiz.com/chat_test_for_autism you can try this out