WHAT ABOUT LANGUAGE?

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I don't know, but I barely talked at all until at least four years old.

I spoke on time (right around a year old), but there were some... gaps. For example, my pronouns were funny (and still can be; I get you and I backwards, sometimes). Also, I never spoke about what I thought or felt until I was in my 20s, just recently. I just parroted information around. I have a fairly complex system of echolalia that I use, to the point that unless you're around me quite a bit, you might not notice it. But then, eventually, they do notice.

I started to speak when i was 3 years and 5 months old. I never pronunced letter R until i was 6, and i still have issues to pronunce typical italian trilled R.
I also have issues with letter C.

If I spoke late (my parents aren't entirely sure) it wasn't very late--their estimate is that I spoke between age 2 and age 3. I may have just started to talk all at once instead of slowly building up my vocabulary.

I had echolalia until I was six or seven.

I've always had gaps in comprehension, and I have trouble with pragmatics and finding words to say things....if I can't write to communicate, my speech contains a lot of scripted dialogue and I use often use words that don't fit my intended meaning. I also mix up words that have similar sounds or rootwords in them when I speak, but not when I write (e.g. with/without, access/accept, waterdrop/watermark).

This time here is the correct history of my language development (from the paper submitted for dx):

- Babble: 3 months
- Words: 5 months
- Simple sentences: 1 year
- Sentences: 1.5 year
- Stutter and other language problems begin at the age of 8-9 years (stammer, bad infliction, pronunciation, jumble etc.). I refused speech therapy.

I liked to repeat children's rhymes and some sentences from certain children's books at home and on the street. At that time TV was not an important part of life.

I never had a good verbal memory, perhaps this is the reason why I mess up things with language. I began to learn English at highschool age. A lot I learned by self-education.

I have a certain fascination with language, especially with English, the next best language to Latin, which I only adore, but can't speak or read. I ordered four autism-related books today on Amazon just to practice English.

"Medicus curat, natura sanat" - Latin: "A Doctor cures, Nature heals"

first words right after my first birthday
short sentences by age 2
the weird thing was I started to read before age 3 before I could even speak English (my parents spoke another language at home although I was raised in the U.S.).

After I started school, my vocabulary and grammar (in English) consistently tested above grade level which is one of the reasons why no one ever suspected the word "autism" when I was a kid- back then you had to be nonverbal or close to it to get the autism diagnosis.

I can't remember when I started speaking but I think it was age 2-3. However for a short while I was saying most words as if it began with a "d".

According to my Mum, I spoke on time, but I didn't do the baby babble bit. Most of my speech wasn't to do with my needs but things like 'duck', 'squirrel' and 'bird'. 'Mama' and 'dada' weren't my first words which is apparently a little unusual. I often talked too much as a child, usually about nonsensical things, but as a teenager I withdrew completely and was only able to speak small sentences. Now I am back to talking too much, but still I have severe trouble communicating my needs or deep feelings. It can be frustrating at times because people assume 'well she talks well so she must be telling us everything' this is not the case.

I like learning languages, but I have a bit of an ADD relationship with them... I flit from one to another! I too tried Icelandic. It lasted a couple of months then I got bored. I personally get irritated with the teach yourself books because they throw you in at the deep end. I prefer kids books which teach you little words.

My language developed under normal circumstances, I think.

Speaking: my Mum has always refused to answer this one, and will only say 'You were different, very different.' I can only assume that she means I was like my AS son who started talking at 5 months and was speaking in full grammatically correct sentences, and arguing with me, by the time he was 11 months old. I got fed up with my Mum refusing to teach me to read, so taught myself long before I started school. She has never forgiven me as she says the teachers would have thought that she was a pushy mother. I went on to learn 5 languages, and used to dream (that is, when I was asleep I really used to dream) that I was speaking a form of very old Icelandic ( a language I have never learned in real life).

Understanding language: this caused problems: when I was stressed or anxious I could see peoples' lips moving and knew they must be talking to me but I couldn't make any sense of the sounds they were making.

I have repeatedly been in trouble for not answering a question, when my mind is bubbling over with words but none will come out of my mouth - like being struck dumb. It's horrible, knowing I'm answering eloquently in my head, but feeling physically gagged.

10-11 months according to my mom.

ruveyn

I began speaking at the average age, I believe.

I enjoy studying all languages, including my native tongue. Learning languages has always come easily to me, I think this is due to my mimicry skills (I have a lot of practice studying others to know how to behave appropriately, language is just one more thing to emulate). While I can learn languages quickly, I rarely get any use out of them due to my aversion and lack of skill in conversation.

I started talking at the appropriate time, but I skipped the babbling stage.
I prefer written to verbal communication, nothing comes out the way it sounds in my head whereas with writing or typing I don't have any such problems.

my late mother told me i started speaking at a bit under a year, but after i was admitted to the hospital for some dental work where they put me to sleep, after awaking i didn't speak again until i was almost 4. they eventually took me to a pediatric shrink, who tried various things to find out why i wouldn't talk. finally in frustration, he got in my face and shouted "TALK!! !" i got back in his face and shouted "NO!! !"