And about precluding the language delay...for Aspergers.
My son had very significant speech and oral motor delays. It didn't affect his receptive language at all but if you aren't able to produce intelligible words it does delay your language.
So one psychologist (when he was 8) gave him a PDD-NOS/Aspergers diagnosis because technically he did have a language delay as a young child. But most professionals go with the straight mild Aspergers diagnosis when discussing my son and his challenges because that is the more accurate diagnosis leaving out his language delay as a young child, which was 80% resolved by age 4.
