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Help 13 year old Hi everyone, my son who is 13, diagnosed autistic at 2 and non verbal until 6.5 has always been behind in speech, which was to be expected seeing as he was non verbal for so long, however only people close to him noticed. In the last 6 - 8 months hes had an onset of a stutter? Im not sure but he physically can not pronounce or get out certain words. Example things that usually start with C or have c in the word like cake or truck. He will be like C.C....C...C....CC....cake or tru....tru...tru...tru CK. This has been extremely distressing for him and really bad for his already low self esteem and high anxiety. He is homeschooled so I have an opportunity to help him daily but I'm not sure where to begin, activities to do with him. Taking him to a speech therapist will be tricky due to limited services in rural Australia atm. Can anyone help with any information, courses or ways I can help my son please. Thank you all