Maybe one day, he’ll tell us what is holding him back from using his voice. Maybe he won’t.
I'm James Guttman, father of two children. One non-verbal with autism and one non stop verbal with attitude. New Posts: Every Monday and Wednesday
Tag: learning delays
Teaching Him The Patience He Taught Me
It won’t happen overnight for him. It didn’t for me either.
Answering Questions For My Non-Verbal Son
For the parent to a non-verbal child, social pleasantries can take on a different feel. They may be social, but they aren’t pleasant.
Two Way Monologues
Sometimes he would look at me. Sometimes he wouldn’t. Still, I’d go on and on about what this person did or what that person said.
I Knew That Pizza Was His Favorite
The more he has learned to use his communication device, the more he has been seeing it as an easy way to score pizza.
Helping My Child With Autism Be The Best He Can Be
He has to know how to respect others, to the best of his ability, and interact in a way that can ensure he will never be wanting for his basic needs.
Non-Verbal Attention Seeking and Me
He collapses into me. Like a melodramatic actor from a 1950s stage play, he will fall into my arms while weeping over being denied a loaf of bread he tried to steal from the kitchen.
He’s Not Being Mean
An outburst like that is the last step of his ultimate frustration and he does it only when all other avenues of communication fail him.
He Gets It
He used the back of his hand to nudge the iPad back to me. It was his way of saying, “Get out here with that garbage.”
The Wonderful Achievements Of Other Children
That guilt was because I was still learning the difference between hoping and needing. I was hoping my son would speak. As I’ve come to realize though, I didn’t need it.
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