Comments on: Maybe There’s More to It Than Talk http://www.blisstree.com/articles/maybe-theres-more-to-it-than-talk/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:00:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Taped Together Heart http://www.blisstree.com/articles/maybe-theres-more-to-it-than-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-548542 The Taped Together Heart Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:38:20 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/maybe-theres-more-to-it-than-talk/#comment-548542 [...] heard a drawer open and noted Charlie in the kitchen, a roll of Scotch tape in his left hand. He hummed and mumbled while leaning over the counter. There were soft ripping sounds: Tape tearing. On glancing into the [...] [...] heard a drawer open and noted Charlie in the kitchen, a roll of Scotch tape in his left hand. He hummed and mumbled while leaning over the counter. There were soft ripping sounds: Tape tearing. On glancing into the [...]

]]> By: jaymee http://www.blisstree.com/articles/maybe-theres-more-to-it-than-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-547437 jaymee Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:14:35 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/maybe-theres-more-to-it-than-talk/#comment-547437 hi again, Ryan stopped his baby talk and was silent for about 2 years. he wouldnt say mama or dada or anything at all suddenly. but i knew he could understand me. i could see it in his eyes and in his reactions. for instance, "breakfast is ready" would bring him running. so i devised a game to see how well he could understand. i started off with animal sounds "if you dont kiss me i will bark like a dog" he would rush to kiss me. i used "sqawk like a chicken" "crow like a rooster" "neigh like a horse" and various others. if he didnt do as i suggested "pick up those socks" or "come here" or whatever i would threaten to make these animal noises and actually make them for periods of time till he complied. "pick up your socks or i will moo like a cow" then i started to mix it up a bit by saying "give me a kiss or i will crow like a dog" he looked at me sideways and smiled. he was very surprised and also amused. when Ryan was 3 we moved out to my dads ranch and he had some chickens, so i guess that is what made me say "kiss me or i will lay an egg like a hen" one morning. Ryans first words in two years were, "do it". hi again, Ryan stopped his baby talk and was silent for about 2 years. he wouldnt say mama or dada or anything at all suddenly. but i knew he could understand me. i could see it in his eyes and in his reactions. for instance, “breakfast is ready” would bring him running. so i devised a game to see how well he could understand.

i started off with animal sounds “if you dont kiss me i will bark like a dog” he would rush to kiss me. i used “sqawk like a chicken” “crow like a rooster” “neigh like a horse” and various others. if he didnt do as i suggested “pick up those socks” or “come here” or whatever i would threaten to make these animal noises and actually make them for periods of time till he complied.

“pick up your socks or i will moo like a cow”

then i started to mix it up a bit by saying “give me a kiss or i will crow like a dog” he looked at me sideways and smiled. he was very surprised and also amused.

when Ryan was 3 we moved out to my dads ranch and he had some chickens, so i guess that is what made me say “kiss me or i will lay an egg like a hen” one morning. Ryans first words in two years were, “do it”.

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