Could this be signs of 2e at 28 months?
Our son is 28 months and has a severe speech delay (suspected apraxia /phonological delay) but it seems his letter awareness and other comprehension is advanced.
He can recognize all letters out of order and random, as well as the alphabet in order, knows the name and sound for each letter, can match all letters with pictures (that he hasn't seen before) eg pick up a G and then a picture of a goat, spells out words on signs etc.
This is an example of him reading letters from cards that he'd only seen once or twice before months ago. He also knows letters just by their shadow/shape on a board.
Could this be a sign of gifted/2e? Obviously we are getting him support for speech but now we are so wondering if something else is going on as well.
His speech is very delayed he only really says single words, didn't say Mama until 27 months, does some combos and sentences more recently but literally reduced down to a few one syllables words, struggles hugely with syllables, drops end consonants on every word... but can do this with letters.
ST says no signs of ASD which would tend to agree with but of course open minded on that one, and he doesn't fixate or anything on the letters, just really good at them.
Any advice/ experience much appreciated, or thoughts on if this is age appropriate etc?