http://www.blisstree.com/articles/driving-with-the-avengers/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:54:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/driving-with-the-avengers/comment-page-1/#comment-541443 BBDO Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:44:44 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/driving-with-the-avengers/#comment-541443 [...] fond of the soundtrack to Star Wars and to Jaws (giving me an obvious opener into the conversation: Avengers, anyone?). Our hostess offered me a glass of wine as I stood talking to Charlie, who jumped up and [...] [...] fond of the soundtrack to Star Wars and to Jaws (giving me an obvious opener into the conversation: Avengers, anyone?). Our hostess offered me a glass of wine as I stood talking to Charlie, who jumped up and [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/driving-with-the-avengers/comment-page-1/#comment-539988 About Not Talking Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:18:44 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/driving-with-the-avengers/#comment-539988 [...] I used to think silence was the enemy, and getting my son to talk the battle of our lives. My husband Jim and are both very verbal and it seemed a deep irony that Charlie, then aged two, did not talk. Charlie learned to talk slowly: First we had to teach him to associate signs and then sounds with speech; he then had to learn to say the numerous sounds of language. Charlie was 7 when he was finally able to say the “ch” sound for his name, and he still has to think to get the “l” sound in (instead of a “w” sound).  Sometimes he says an “sh” sound instead of the “ch” in saying his name: This is a vestige of earlier attempts to have him say “Shar-ee” when he just could not say that initial “ch.”  Over these years, there has still been a lot of silence. Charlie can talk, but he does not say a lot of words at a time, and his articulation is not always clear to anyone but Jim and me. We converse in exchanges of one and two and sometimes more words, about the basics of food, where we’re going, clothes and hand-washing and where Charlie’s favorite objects and people are. Often, especially when we’re in the car, we turn on CD’s and let the music say it all.   [...] [...] I used to think silence was the enemy, and getting my son to talk the battle of our lives. My husband Jim and are both very verbal and it seemed a deep irony that Charlie, then aged two, did not talk. Charlie learned to talk slowly: First we had to teach him to associate signs and then sounds with speech; he then had to learn to say the numerous sounds of language. Charlie was 7 when he was finally able to say the “ch” sound for his name, and he still has to think to get the “l” sound in (instead of a “w” sound).  Sometimes he says an “sh” sound instead of the “ch” in saying his name: This is a vestige of earlier attempts to have him say “Shar-ee” when he just could not say that initial “ch.”  Over these years, there has still been a lot of silence. Charlie can talk, but he does not say a lot of words at a time, and his articulation is not always clear to anyone but Jim and me. We converse in exchanges of one and two and sometimes more words, about the basics of food, where we’re going, clothes and hand-washing and where Charlie’s favorite objects and people are. Often, especially when we’re in the car, we turn on CD’s and let the music say it all.   [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/driving-with-the-avengers/comment-page-1/#comment-541152 Kristina Chew, PhD Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:25:06 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/driving-with-the-avengers/#comment-541152 Yeah, I'm not tall enough for the part! I still have some Doc Martens in the closet though........ Charlie's other favorite song to hum is the theme from <i>The Courtship of Eddie's Father</i>. Yeah, I’m not tall enough for the part! I still have some Doc Martens in the closet though…….. Charlie’s other favorite song to hum is the theme from The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/driving-with-the-avengers/comment-page-1/#comment-541126 Robin H. Morris Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:18:35 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/driving-with-the-avengers/#comment-541126 Kristina, you remind me of our son's early days. Now, he's hooked on Henry Mancini. Early TV show sountracks were his passion, starting with "Mr. Lucky". ...and boy can he sing those tunes, really a pleasure! Mission is accomplished when there is joy in music! xR Kristina, you remind me of our son’s early days. Now, he’s hooked on Henry Mancini. Early TV show sountracks were his passion, starting with “Mr. Lucky”. …and boy can he sing those tunes, really a pleasure!
Mission is accomplished when there is joy in music!
xR

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/driving-with-the-avengers/comment-page-1/#comment-541176 Niksmom Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:19:10 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/driving-with-the-avengers/#comment-541176 This is great! Such vivid images you've conjured in my head. I used to love that show when I was a kid. Now I am picturing you driving along dressed as the audacious Emma Peel in hose boots...Somehow, it doesn't quite jive. LOL This is great! Such vivid images you’ve conjured in my head. I used to love that show when I was a kid. Now I am picturing you driving along dressed as the audacious Emma Peel in hose boots…Somehow, it doesn’t quite jive. LOL

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