Thank you for this! I’ve been debating on saying anything or not.
I also want to add, for those who are less familiar with autism, there is a quote from a famous doctor that experts like to use, “If you‘ve met one person with autism, then you’ve met one person with autism.” Meaning that there is a lot of misconceptions about autism. People think there is a set list of traits that all people with autism have. That is not the case, it’s actually very diverse and individualized. So just because a child is speech delayed, it does not equate to autism. Also, not all autistic people have problems with speech. “Autism is one word attempting to describe millions of different stories.”