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Hello, just thought I would comment. I have 3 children with autism spectrum disorder. Two of which are high functioning and my middle child is low functioning. I believe any signs of speech delay should be looked at especially when accompanied with echolalic speech (repeating jingles, commercials etc.) It may be absolutely nothing but if you are dealing with a delay of some kind, now is definately the time to act. All children with delays definately benefit from good therapy but the younger the better :) If you saw my oldest today you probably would not think there was a thing wrong with him Usually people say that he is quirky :) His vocabulary is amazing and other than social areas he appears typical. At 2 1/2 he would not use any meaningful communication, no pointing, words anything, but he could recite the entire movie of Mary Poppins or rattle off lines from episodes of Blues Clues. He also had very little eye contact, appeared to have a hearing problem (hearing is perfect), would line up toys a lot (or books), and some textures bothered him (couldn't walk barefoot on the beach etc.) I'm just throwing out some typical signs of autism and not at all suggesting that your child may have autism. I feel that if I had not pursued early treatment for my children, they would not be doing as well today as they are. I guess to make a long story short, it never hurts to call Early Intervention and have some testing done, it's free and the therapists make testing fun for the children.