autism eval coming up

Sweets is 18 months and will be having an eval this week at the autism clinic. I don't really think that's what she has, but that's where our ped has referred us. I hope that they can at least refer us to another specialist that might be more what we need, because I don't really know where we should be going. We do have an appointment with a neurologist in December, but I don't know if that's the right place for us either.

My daughter doesn't talk at all, or even make many varied types of noises - BA and MA are her staples, but she has recently started making sounds that approach GA and LA and P. She tests delayed for receptive and expressive language. She points, but not with meaning, like she knows when we expect her to point to something, she just doesn't know to what so she points randomly. She is not very interested in toys, but she loves any kind of paper to eat and tear up, particularly tissues or toilet paper. But, she is definitely social and cuddly. She asks for kisses by making the kissy face, she loves chasing and peekaboo, she smiles and makes eye contact. So that's why I didn't think autism clinic was really the right place for us because she doesn't really have any social issues. I mean, just because she has language delay, doesn't mean autism right? Or maybe I just don't know that much about differences on the spectrum. Oh, and she also has gross motor/tone/balance issues and doesn't walk yet (but is very close I think!).