Five year old- ASD or Development Delay

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My son has been through our local child find, psychologist and SLP.
Psychologist reports- As of right now they say that he has characteristics of ASD as well as significant problems with adaptive behavior and physical self care.  Stating that profiles like his are typical among individuals who have foind to have delelopmental delays.

SLP- Speech fluency and vocal characteristics both were observed to be developmentally appropriate.

One thing the SLP had down that I didn't understand was the following; (her words on report) It was observed, however, that his(will not name my son) speech intelligibility at the level of conversation was less than 75% in known and unknown contexts based on SLP observation. What does this mean?

Also is heading towards a diagnosis in Autism related disorders? Thank you for your time and help.

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I meant fine and gross motor skills

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They said that he has delays in fine and motor skills.

[Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D.]

Her comment means that your son's speech was not as understandable as it should be in situations that were both familiar and unfamiliar to him. When it comes to Autism Spectrum Disorders and Deveopmental Delay, it's not an either/or proposition. Why? Because Autism Spectrum conditions are types of developmental disorders, but they don't necessitate mental retardation (which often, but not always, is meant by the term developmenatl delay) Suffice it to say that your son is not developing in some areas in a normal fashion. Ask the providers to try to be particular about the areas in which he is developing normally and the ways he is not developing normally.