Question 1

My 2 year old with autism was making slow speech gains when he started obsessing about the ABCs. He recites them night and day and so he has stopped using other language he had gained since starting starting protocol 6 months ago. Will this balance itself out eventually?

Accepted Answer

If other developmental areas such as socialization, receptive language, play, and emotional regulation improve, this obsession will eventually resolve without further intervention.nnSuppose these other areas of developmental concern are not improving. In that case, I will start thinking about some aspects interfering with the protocol, such as inulin failure, the addition of ABA, or another supplement.

Question 2

My 2 year old with autism was making slow speech gains when he started obsessing about the ABCs. He recites them night and day and so he has stopped using other language he had gained since starting starting protocol 6 months ago. Will this balance itself out eventually?

Accepted Answer

If other developmental areas such as socialization, receptive language, play, and emotional regulation improve, this obsession will eventually resolve without further intervention.nnSuppose these other areas of developmental concern are not improving. In that case, I will start thinking about some aspects interfering with the protocol, such as inulin failure, the addition of ABA, or another supplement.