I didn't know anything about autism when I first started watching KZfaq there are a lot of different channels that talk about their autistic children but you really explain it to a point where anybody could understand you have taught me so much and I do appreciate that

Great video! Wish videos like this were around when my daughter was diagnosed. You are doing so much to help others. Mad respect! Love you guys.

Thank you for helping educate people. My son was diagnosed at 13, after years of me thinking that I just suck at parenting.

My little brother acted like this from 1 till he was 5 we took him to multiple doctors and speech doctors he’s 14 and perfectly fine now I’m wishing the same for you 💜

Holy cow this was not only very informative but I love how you edited it and put it together. This was a really great video. My niece gets her results tomorrow from her eval. She is 3. Your videos are always helpful for me to ensure I understand her as best I can

Great video! You are really well-educated about ASD and explain so well. I’m a pediatric SLP and early intervention provider. Liam is adorable! Love those ginger curls!

Thank you for helping other moms! I didn't have hardly any help but a couple of books and papers, like Eating an Artichoke--that book described my high functioning Asperger's boy to a tee! It really helped me get the help I needed for him to get him diagnosed and treated!

Very informative! You explained it so well and kept the integrity of Liam in a positive light and showing what he does on a daily basis. Your videos rock Stephanie!!!

Tfs, my son had many of these signs as a baby/toddler and even still now as a teen. Liam is too cute 💙

I'm so sorry, sending best wishes that he improves with early intervention.

Very informative. I hope Liam will always be happy no matter what because he was surrounded by loving family.

My 2 year old son does the EXACT same things as Liam. He likes to hold car keys in his hand and walk around with them. My son has his next doctor's appointment very soon....definitely going to get him evaluated, This video actually helped me. Thank you!

One minute in and my heart melts your a blessed mother ....best wishes :)

Very informative. Thank you. I’m a nanny and I’m glad these resources are out for others.

Wow! I'm 35 & grew up in foster care, bouncing around, so I was never diagnosed. I'm certain I am autistic, but I'm struggling to find a doctor who can help. (The last experience was terrible, so I'm wary of trying again.) I think a lot about my childhood and if I would've been diagnosed if we knew more back then. I have one short home video of my parents with me as a 1 year old. Everything you've described in this video is what I'm doing in this home video! They seem baffled by my reactions. This video you've shared has been so, so informative to me!!! Thank you!! I am so glad that more children are getting early diagnoses. Liam is absolutely precious and I'm glad he has a wonderful parent like you.

Great video Steph, extremely educational. Liam is adorable ❤️

You are an awesome mother and Liam is so adorable.. love u both..

thank you for sharing this!! Liam is soo adorable!! 😍😍

Thank you, Steph. This was very informative and enlightening. I, too, hope you will consider doing a similar vlog on Noah. I have learned so much from your honest and interesting presentations about your sweet children, but can just imagine the amount of time you had to spend to produce this concise episode. It is very appreciated!

You have the best videos I've been searching for months trying to find someone with similarities as my son. Thank you so much for sharing.

Thank you for sharing this video and informations as i have a 7 y/o son that was diagnose with moderate autism when he was 5. Im so dissappointed with myself because i didnt pay much attention to the signs when he was younger. Now i have a 15th month old daughter and im observing her everyday for any signs so i can do an early interventions. Im also doing an online course of Advance Autism Awareness im hoping i can help my son and others in the future. Have a blessed day to all of you.

I have a 7 year old boy with moderate to severe autism. He didn’t get diagnosed until age 6. Started the process at age five but it takes forever due to lack of services in my area. Anyway, looking back I wish that I was educated about Autism because he was showing signs at 6 months! He is my only child and I didn’t know anything about Autism and so I just kept telling myself that he would catch up. It wasn’t until someone on my Facebook friends list wrote a post about her sons journey that I said “OMG, she just described my son” Early intervention is key. Keep up the good work!

Thanks for this short but very informative video!

Thank you so much for making this video and putting yourself out there. It is incredibly informational and helped me visual some symptoms of autism. It also validated my concerns of my son being autistic. He got an official diagnosis yesterday. I feel inadequate to help him right now but I having the diagnosis means we can get started on the work to help him.

Your sweet boy reminds me sooooo much of my own ASD toddler 😊❤️ He behaves EXACTLY the same way, right down to how he is with his baby sister (ours was born in August 😊)

Omg thank you for sharing a part of your life and teaching me more about ASD. My daughter does the EXACT behaviors/actions as your kiddo! Thank you for making me feel like I belong & giving me the courage to advocate for my limited vocal communications genius.❤

I knew my son was autistic at 2 months old. It was heartbreaking at first but 3 years later we are having so much fun

Reminds me of my son. Currently waiting for an appointment to get an evaluation.

This was so so helpful. My 2 year old has been going thru an evaluation for the past month to see weather or not they are going to diagnose him. They come to my home everyday to work with him and study him. November 4th we have a meeting to go over everything and see what our next steps are going to be. He does of the same things as your son does. Except he makes good eye contact and he watches people’s lips when they are talking.

This is a great video, thank you for sharing your experiences. Liam's mannerisms and behaviors are so familiar and bittersweet for me to watch, my own son had almost exactly the same delays and mannerisms when he was Liam's age. His language was mostly words he would echo back and practically non-existent, he had the same stims (especially the head shaking) and he seemed to be in his own world. Now my son is a healthy 16-year-old junior in high school, on the honor roll and looking at colleges, driving himself to school in the car he saved to buy, and holding down a part time job. He still has some struggles with higher order social situations, but he has friends and a well developed sense of humor and he functions like any other high school kid. Early intervention was absolutely essential - my son had occupational therapy, speech therapy, physical therapy, and behavioral therapy...in school and privately. My son also had hippotherapy (OT on horseback) which addressed his low tone and poor balance and helped him meet his goal of riding his bike. It's been a long road, but so incredibly worth it! My unsolicited advice to all the parents who are concerned and navigating an autism diagnosis - become your child's fiercest advocate. Learn about the IEP process at school and find out what kind of supports the school system must have in place. Respectfully request all therapists (school and private) communicate with other so the therapies are in sync. Do not believe that your child is the sum of his or her diagnosis, a diagnosis will never accurately predict what your child is capable of. You got this, your child is capable of so much with you in their corner. ❤

I have a son who is now 40 who is autistic. I wish this sort of video had been available when he was a toddler. I knew something was wrong but I had no idea what.

Great job steph this was a really good video and very informative

This was very educative and to the point. Now I understand autism better. You're approach and care is beautiful, thank you!🌺

What a precious gift he is hugs and love

You're so blessed & we love that u shared to help other parents!!! U r sooo kind & thank u💖💖💖

You are a wonderful mother. God bless you.

Your such a Good Mommy! And he is so cute! His perfect the way that GOD made him! JESUS LOVE'! Liam!💖💖💖You have a Bless Family!😇😇😇

Liam is just the cutest baby with his curly hair and sweet smiles ,God bless his soul 😍😘

Great video! I've been an ABA therapist for 20 years and it's always great when parents share information with each other. If there is just 1 parent who sees this video and decides to get a formal evaluation from a qualified evaluator (not random therapists with personal opinions), you have made a big difference in starting to pave the path to the rest of that child's life. I wish I could show parents what I have experienced over these 20 years, so they could see that there is more than hope, there are real results! Time is so precious.

Great video! Your children are precious!

fascinating. you did an excellent narration of the behavior. i learned. thanks

Thank you so very much for sharing all of this with everyone! It’s been SO helpful to me! You have a beautiful family! Liam is a doll & I LOVE the name Penelope!! ❤️

You’re such a great mom!!

i also have a 13 year old grandson he is autistic but verbal he is aspergers his two year old sister is currently being tested for autism but she non verbal hasn't spoken a word not even moma dada nothing and does some things in this post thanks it was very helpful and informative i will send to my daughter so she can help dr to make a proper diagnosis

This is my 3 year old all over. Very informative video

Thank you for sharing your experience and thank you for sharing your family for educational reasons. Very helpful! Exactly the video I was looking for! God bless Liam❤️

Just found your channel & so glad I did! We just started our journey with my developmentally delayed daughter. She’s 14m old and has almost every single one of these signs. She does show a tad more “typical” affection than Liam does here, but only when SHE wants to lol. Otherwise it’s a tantrum if we initiate the affection. & She too has the oral fixation, hardcore. I’m not able to really show or teach her anything bc it all goes straight to her mouth to be chewed on. She loves carrying around random objects (right now it’s lotion bottles) and will walk and walk and walk all around the house with it. I recognized all these signs at about 11-12m because my nephew is autistic, so I made an appt with a neurologist who prescribed Speech, OT & ABA which we start next Tuesday! Now I’m going to go continue binge watching your videos lol 😆❤️

Amazing. Video, best of luck to you and your family. Stay strong☘️ love from Ireland.

Liam is so adorable! 😍

thanks for the post it helped my daughter thinks her baby is autistic she is two hasnt spoke a word she is beign tested currently she does acknowledge her mom but a lot others stuff in post she does i have viewed another person post and my grand daughter does a lot that as well so helpful i will send this to my daughter

There are some very good signs with Liam though... he is babbling and he is trying to grab your attention alot so those are all good things. I reckon he will probably be verbal eventually. Such a cutie xx

this is so interesting because I did not have full social skills until 6 or 7 years old so my speach delay was for a long time

Thank you for this video. And you’re doing great mom!

Sweet Liam has my heart!! He reminds me so much of my 4 year old nonverbal autistic son. So many similar things! Love your channel, love that you are shedding light on Autism.

Liam is such a cutie. Love his little smile.

This is a great video my son is the same way and I find it adorable. He’s very loving when he want to be and loves remotes and buttons. Im taking him to get assessed just for my peace of mind. He’s only 17 months but don’t really talk he loves making a “roar” sound. He’s the best!

Thank you for this video. My two year old is very similar to your son.

Thank you for sharing this, liam is such an adorable kid

Your such a sweet Mom💞 Liam is adorable💙

Hi I see all this in my 19 month old son Liam I will be getting a second opinion from his doctor thank you so much for this

SO VERY INTERRESTING!!! Thank you SO MUCH!!! GREAT JOB!!!

Liam is super cute. That red hair is 😍. I know I keep saying this but he reminds me so much of our Luke. It's great that he's saying words already; Luke was well over two when he said his first words. 🥰

Omg thank you thank you thank you for this video I really needed it

He is so cute and your video was very informative. Thank you for sharing.

This is a very informative video and to the point well edited and Liam is super cute!

Your very sweet and kind to share. Be blessed

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I love his red hair! So cute

Thank you for sharing this video.

So much love! You are doing such a good job

Thanks, this is really helpful

Get Well soon Liam...

Thank you so much this has been so help full and will be speaking to my doctor for there opinion on my son as I have been seeing a lot of the traits your son has and a few different ones

Thank you for sharing

I didn't see or understand the signs y'all seen in him, till after this video, because to watching y'all's video he does what other babies do, smile, giggle and play. Now that I seen this video I understand now, this was definitely a detailed enough video for me to understand what autism looks like in a toddler. I love those red curls that he have. He looks like Noah in the eyes too and lex looks like Lonnie Jr. The little Bros looks like the big Bros.

Thank you, great video and with good information. You are a a great mom.

Such a great video. Thank you for sharing your experience with asd and your sweet kiddos lives.

I have a child in speech therapy (no other diagnosis though) and the way our said out is exactly how I do. One day hopefully he'll say it back haha

I know he was already diagnosed but some of these things just seem like typical toddler behavior.

I want to let you know that You are really great mom!!! And Liam is Gorgeous and cute the way he is. I have 3 years old son also just diagnosed spectrum autism.

One early sign is a preference of swinging or glidding on baby swings instead of being carried. The swinging motion helps them calm down.

Very informative

Liam is just adorable! ♡

Thank you for posting this! Very helpful, my one year old is going through being diagnosed with autism.

I knew my son had it at birth. I was told he would never talk potty train and be in a institution at 10 years old. He was 5 when he was potty trained. He talked at 3 he still repeats certain things. He didn’t sleep through the night til he was 5. He was super hyper. He is 26. He works in a grocery store. He manages his money. Takes 2 buses to and from work. Looking down and not looking you in the eye is common. My son at 13 started looking at us in the eye. He is not what the experts said

💟 *LIAM* lol head bump.. *giggle* *SUPER* *CUTE* 💟💜💟

Hugs mama

Liam is so adorable. He reminds me so much of my mod-severe asd baby (She’s about to turn 4 next month! 😭) They have soooo many of the same traits and quirks 💜💜

Very informative video! Thanks Stephanie ❤️

He is sooo cute🤩very sweet boy no matter what👨‍🦰

Seeing my 19 month old how he is now I would of easily noticed my oldest had autism right away. My 19month old comes to his name places ect. Its crazy what you learn watching your own kids grow up

I agree! A video of Noah if he’s okay with that. 😊

Thank you for sharing.. Blessings to lil man in abundance❤

You are great mother and he is a great son and I am sure he will be doing good!

Thanks for the video.

this video touched my heart! Liam is beautiful inside and out! and You are a wonderful mother💗💗💗

Him bonking his head + your reaction is literally my whole expierence as a mother 😂😂

Liam and little sissy is so cute.. More power to you Maam

You have the most beautiful smile! What an inspirational person you are, my son has the same diagnosis. But he says Dad.

Loved this video thanks any video you do is good