Diagnosis, Language Delays. etc. surrounding Asperger's

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Although it isn't common according to most sources, did any people with Asperger's Syndrome here have a language delay when they were younger? I had a language delay when I was younger, and we had counselors from our public school district hired to help me speak. I can speak fine today (although I tend to slur my words and phrases today, especially when reading and talking aloud). I went for a diagnosis when I was really little, and apparently the pediatricians said there was "nothing wrong with me" (although I really doubt that, especially today). My family has been talking about going back soon to get more tests (even for social anxiety, which my mother had when she was my age and I have those symptoms too along with other forms of anxiety, again in which my family has had). I heard many people with PDDNOS have symptoms almost identical to that of Asperger's Syndrome. The only difference between those is language delays and cognitive delays (which I don't have). What are your thoughts on this and what I should prepare for?

No language delay -- in fact, my verbal skills have always been unusually high. However, I did have to go to a speech therapist in elementary school, because I couldn't distinguish between "s" and "th". Interestingly, my father, who I strongly suspect was an undiagnosed Aspie, confused "ch" and "sh" all his life with embarassing consequences, especially as he liked to ramble on about his childhood teacher "Miss Chitty"

I had a language delay because of my hearing loss so I was behind in words and communication. I think I have caught up now and am no longer delayed. I am not sure at what age I was finally caught up in my language with everyone else. My verbal skills were also low and I dunno is they still are or average now. I also had a speech delay and that is different than a language delay. I stuttered and had a hard time saying the R sounds and would lose breath as I would speak because I never paused while talking to take deep breaths. Part of my speech therapy was also learning sounds and forming words and for my hearing so I could hear the sounds like 'th' and I used to leave endings off words or beginning because I didn't hear those sounds.

Oh yeah funny story bout my ex boyfriend. He told me the time when he was six years old, he thought the word was sex for six so he would say "I'm sex." I remember the time I confused shut up and ketch up and was calling ketch up shut up and Mom corrected me. I was five then. I also thought syrup was sarap. It does sound that way when you say it fast. My parents had to speak slowly to me so I could hear the words correctly and learn to say them correctly and they also had to stress some sounds so I could hear them when they say a word. I used to think duty lady was judy lady because that is what it sounded like to my ears until a second grader corrected me meanly about it when I was nine. I used to think when people say warning, I thought they were saying morning so I was always saying "You get a morning" and my mom had to correct me. yeah I said lot of words wrong because that is how they sounded to my ears and kids were not nice about it and disliked me for it and would say "You don't know how to talk."

I also believe I had a cognitive delay too because I did not understand things other kids my age understood. I am amazed how much my son understands at his age. That is one of the reasons why I didn't know much stuff other kids would know or why I was not an expert on anything. Kids thoughts I was stupid or ret*d. I did lot of roteness as a young age like knowing my shapes and numbers.

I still got diagnosed with AS than PDD-NOS.

I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. Clearly had language and speech delays past age 3 and developmentally delayed.

I actually started talking pretty early. However my preschool teacher thought i had a talking problem because i was shy and didn't always speak up when they thought i should have.