Also to add. The tears re Wilby on her audio book record. Ffs. I could possibly understand had W been older and his ASD had fallen so under the radar that his little life and education had been badly impacted. He wasn’t yet 2!! Most professionals won’t even consider an assessment or diagnosis until there has been a broader opportunity to measure everything. Speech delay does not equal ASD, other things may ‘just’ be developmental delays, other behaviours may just be personality and so on. Until children are in an early years (or school) setting, even then, it’s not an immediate assumption that any of the above might be ASD. I’m not saying that he doesn’t have it, but rather than fast track it (for content and let’s face it, get out of jail card for everything they do) why not wait a little longer and get input from experts involved in a day to day, time measured capacity. That way she wouldn’t have labelled her clearly verbal and engaged child as non-verbal level 3. As a SEN parent myself I thank god every day that we didn’t rush diagnosis, that armed with more knowledge my child’s life and future has become far more fulfilled. You would think that Lucy had just told her she SUSPECTED he had a terminal illness, not potentially ASD. I know I’ve said this before but I know many adults who have ASD and they are so clever, have brilliant jobs, hold down meaningful relationships, have children….all round decent people. R took take a leaf out of their book. Pun not intended.