Ask Dr. Doreen: Is My Son Considered Verbal, or Nonverbal

A parent writes in to ask the founder of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders a question having to do with if their child is considered verbal or nonverbal. See what Dr. Doreen says about this!

[evelynsierra]

Intervention and intensive speech therapy and follow up at home make him verbalize everything he want all the time. My son had 40 hours a week of intensive intervention. He's fully verbal, 16 years old. I am in Pennsylvania

[gcc]

Great topic and great idea to make a communication rule book for parents.