Amazing!
I was looking for a song to post for Father's Day on Facebook for my wonderful hubby... being he has 2 fabulous daughters, I immediately went to you-tube looking for Paul Simon's 'Father and Daughter'.
As I listened to the words, "I believe the light that shines on you, will shine on you forever" .... "There will never be a father who loves his daughter, as much as I love you," I knew this was the song.
So, what is so amazing about that??
As I was listening to this song, Sahara booted up the computer, went to the right drive and selected our backup file for The Wild Thornberrys Movie. Firstly, we have 4 drives on the computer with 100's of files. She was able to pick the appropriate drive and find this file among all the others with zero assistance. Amazing!!
Secondly, If you don't know... Paul Simon's song Father and Daughter is the theme song for this movie. So, not only did she find this file, she found it because she recognized it while I was listening to videos on you-tube.
Amazing!!
I have to wonder... is she reading the words on the computer files or does she have them pictorially memorized? She is just entering the world of communication and although I read to her I do not think she can read.... or she can and I don't know it yet?
Any way it is amazing... if this child can memorize this many icons and files and know where each is categorized... what a gift she possesses. I think this is an answer to my question... should we revisit her picture communication program? This is a most astounding YES!
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My son was diagnosed with Autism back in 1996. He was 2 1/2. He had only about a dozen or so words by the time he was 4. We introduced him to the PECS system then. WOW! He, like your daughter, has an amazing ability to memorize things which, in my opinion, made sense that PECS was successful for him. Anyhow.. I just thought i'd share that with you. Best of luck :)
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ReplyDeleteI am one of the many undiagnosed women who very probably has AS. When I was 2 or 3, from family stories it's likely I was hyperlexic, and computers were the most wonderful interaction tool for me, they matched my thinking style so perfectly. I think it's not beyond the possible that someone can be nonverbal but the written word can mesh with them well. My experience, even when trying to learn a second language in high school, is that reading and writing are leaps and bounds easier than talking and listening. When I'm having a really bad day, I have nonverbal periods. It's the most uncomfortable, difficult, labored thing to try to talk during those, but my mental narrative is intact and I understand everyone just fine, which I suspect could be going on in this case.
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