Losing a skill (like speech) at her age calls for immediate action. While it's not time to panic, it is time to schedule an evaluation ASAP. My suggested first step would be to contact your state's early intervention program for the evaluation. Also get your daughter seen by a developmental pediatrician. What does your regular pediatrician think?

I agree contact early intervention and get the evaluation done. I would not get really worried about it, it may be autism but it may not. There is not much you can do until you know for sure. You are not going to get services if there has not been an evaluation or diagnosis so if you are worried about wasting time you are not.

Try to keep engaging the child and see if there are any other sum times you might be missing. Try to think of something that might have changed bringing on the behavior change. Anything you find out will be useful information at evaluation.

I always say , better safe then sorry, when it comes to children

Yes as soon as you can get her evaluated the better there is so much more out there now. My son had every diagnosis under the sun until he was in his 30's now he's PDD (Autism).

Harriet@

We are going to cds next week for one referral are pediatrician made and on a waiting list for another which is the doctor my son saw which took forever... I just want to know if I'm so worried for nothing