OT......DD has a major WOW of her own!

First of all let me explain briefly for those who don't know my situation.  My youngest daughter turned 3 in May.  In July she was FINALLY diagnosis with autism.  She is non-verbal and attends early childhood special education 4 days/week.  She is a BIG handful most days. 

So Halles' WOW was a special one for me and her teachers at her conference last night.  Apparently last week while she was working with the speech pathologist she was playing with something and spontaneously without prompting counted to 8.....actually counted to 8......1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8......not just making sounds that could be interpreted as the words.......THE ACTUAL WORDS!  The speech pathologist was unsure if she was mimicking something she heard on a movie or if it was her intentionally counting.  They are going to take that ball and run with it though and see if they can get her to repeat that behavior......

I cried at her conference when she told me this......her teacher even had tears in her eyes.....They have been working so hard with her and had expected that she would have at lease a 5 word vocabulary at this point so this was huge!

Thanks for listening......

HOORAY!!!!!  I can TOTALLY relate to your daughter's victory!!!!  AWESOME!!  My oldest when he was 3 years old (now 7.5) had no eye contact, didn't know his own name, etc (I'm sure you get it)) and so I TOTALLY am excited for you!!  Yep, we ran with it everytime too!  He still has a 1 on 1 in 2nd grade but amazing difference when they start to grasp and turn a corner.

I am totally thinking when someone asks you this holiday what you are thankful for, you will have the BEST answer!!

That is GREAT news Heather!!!!   Wishing you guys many more WOWs!!!   Cindy

Wow!  I am waking up this morning to so many wonderful thanksgiving gifts this year!

I'm going to give thanks tomorrow for this one, too, Heather!

Heather, I am so happy for you and your DD...a milestone...hopefully many more to come!!

Jane

that is absolutly amazing i think i mentioend one time before my daughter works with Autistic children she will be happy when i tell ehr this
God is Great !!!!!

Heather, this is such a big WOW moment.  Thank you so much for sharing it with us.  It's another magic moment of this holiday season.

Heather - that's great!  I can imagine it was a very emotional (but happy) time for you.  We all love our children and want to see them succeed - and this was one big step for her!!

thanks for sharing Heather!  What a fantastic moment for you and her.  Blessings to you and yours!

Heather that is such a great WOW.  I'm so happy for you both.  Thanks for sharing it really puts into prospective things we should be thankful for during this season.
Linda