Mana: I don't know what we want until I know what he'd got wink

And the treatments we were offered when he was 19mos are standard, and considered "play based!" not at all extreme. In fact, the same advice was offered ("have some E, looks like candy") on a regular basis everytime we took him to a government sponsored center, even before he was a year old. In fact a few times I ended up having to whisper to him because they were so offended by my use of full sentences containing "advanced" grammar.

Don't forget, the "bubble" thing was when he was 19mos, and had 1 regular word. If his receptive language had MATCHED his expressive, that really would have been his level of comprehension.

DS1: Hon, you already finished your homework
DS2: Quit it with the protesting already!