So a little backstory,
My twins have autism on two different areas of the spectrum. We have allot of challenges in our household with communication. One if my children speaks secretly and whispers to herself but we know she should talk anyday, one of our daughters is considered non-verbal and is starting to use picture icons to request for things, and my oldest is 5 going on 15 and thinks she knows EVERYTHING... and that she has to voice her opinion to everyone. Its chaos mostly, but this morning my non-verbal little girl, who woke up in the middle of the night and slept with dad on the couch, crawled up the stairs and waited in her room. I went and found her there and asked what she wanted she handed me her shirt to help put it on. She did this by grabbing it with her feet and hoisting it up in the air but still it was a wonderful moment of calm, concise, real communication that she did all on her own. Its only just started happening that she does anything but scream for what she wants. Huge win for me and huge win for Molly :).
My twins have autism on two different areas of the spectrum. We have allot of challenges in our household with communication. One if my children speaks secretly and whispers to herself but we know she should talk anyday, one of our daughters is considered non-verbal and is starting to use picture icons to request for things, and my oldest is 5 going on 15 and thinks she knows EVERYTHING... and that she has to voice her opinion to everyone. Its chaos mostly, but this morning my non-verbal little girl, who woke up in the middle of the night and slept with dad on the couch, crawled up the stairs and waited in her room. I went and found her there and asked what she wanted she handed me her shirt to help put it on. She did this by grabbing it with her feet and hoisting it up in the air but still it was a wonderful moment of calm, concise, real communication that she did all on her own. Its only just started happening that she does anything but scream for what she wants. Huge win for me and huge win for Molly :).
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