Today has been a good day in our autism world. Brendon "helped" Daddy grill out by standing close to the grill and shouting "HOT" every time John opened the lid. And he repeated "Don't touch that!" Every time he heard us say it. You have to understand that this time last year he stuck his hand into the hot coals of an open grill last year and so we spent the rest of that afternoon in an icy pool trying to get Tylenol down him without making him throw up too much. It was awful.
Today, we talked him into tasting the watermelon, and even though he called it "apple" we were thrilled!
John and I both agree that he finally WANTS to talk to us, something that he hasn't been interested in before. He has a few words that he's been taught to say and he uses them to request what he wants to eat or do, but lately, when he doesn't know what to say, he just starts repeating everything we say. He even repeats laughs, coughs, and sneezes! It's sad and funny at the same time.
He's been more interested in what we're doing, lately. For the first time, I can see he's actually interested in repeating the words for the actions of what we are showing him. It gives me hope. Hope that he will continue to make progress and that next Memorial Day he'll be talking to us and interacting with us even more.
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