Yes, that's what my son said to me. He brought over a toy laptop, lifted it with his little muscles and claimed IT'S BROKEN! with the sweetest voice.
What wonderful 2 words! I could not believe it.
I took the laptop, replaced the batteries and proudly showed him that it was NOT broken anymore!
He has never said that. In fact, something running out of batteries or broken usually means a catastrophe at home because he did not understand. He usually throws himself on the ground, screams and repeats what he wants over and over. I tell ya, I wanted to run into his room and break all the toys so that he would come out and confirm to me that he knows now! lol
Then, my mom says that while urging him to play with his computer the other day, he kept saying BROKEN! and my mom (who has limited English) did not realize he was saying so because his pc speakers have been broken on and off for the last month! We figured that was him answering her why he was not playing with the pc!
Yeh!
In other news, he started ABA last week, 20 hours weekly. We decided that instead of a typical summer program, ABA would be his summer goal.
I have also come to the conclusion that I will be pulling him out of speech. 2x a week is not good enough and especially what we are paying for it! He needs consistency in his therapies if they are going to work. Once summer concludes, I might put him in daily ABA sessions after school and add something else that he does 2x or 3x a week.
We did another DMSA challenge which came back super high for lead and thallium. I have a DAN! appt. next Monday if to return to weekly chelating supps. I feel like he has his a plateau with the DMSA though. Not sure what the course of action will be this time.
High hopes for ABA and this summer.
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What a wonderful story! The littlest phrases me the world to us don't they? ;)
I often tell autism moms a story about my son saying (@ a lidless sippy cup), "Where's the lid?" It was the first sentence (meaningful one) that he ever uttered. We laughed and cried for hours and I even joked about making a t-shirt out of it. I still think it'll happen sometime.
For us the breakthrough came after beginning a 35 hour a week ABA program. It took about three months for this "miracle", but his language and social skills have only improved from there. I wish you (both) the best of luck this summer! We'll be cheering you on!
I was wondering how the ABA was going. Sounds like it is just what the little guy needed! I agree, 2x speech is not enough at this stage. When we first started ST, the Prince had it every day and at that time, in the good old days of Early Intervention (before we had to pay for everything) the ABA person reinforced the ST.
Anyway, sorry to be so long winded, but I am thrilled that he is doing so well!
Hugs!
Katherine
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