My youngest has Apraxia of speech. At first because he was soooo smart, yet had no interest in verbal communication, we thought he had autism. He now signs and speaks at the age of four. He prefers signing and we only allow it if he accompanies it with an effort of speech at the same time.
The movie "Rainman" is very good. My son attends school with some children afflicted with various forms of Autism and it requires parents with endless patience and manners in order to work with the child.
My son prefers to read tractor manuals, Haybine manuals, the GMC Turbodiesel manual, and my wife's chemistry periodicals. He loves the molecule chains.
One cannot be too thin skinned when you've got little ones with disabilities. If Rush's comment bothers such people, they are going to feel like they live to be 300 years old, uphill.
Nice insight.
Sense of humor is important as well.
We have an Asperger boy and some of the stuff he comes up with is priceless.
One cannot be too thin skinned when you've got little ones with disabilities.
*** I agree. Also, parents should not be held responsible for their children's disabilities. People can be that way sometimes.
My daughter has apraxia. Are you on any of the apraxia list servers or yahoo groups???
You're the first freeper that knows about apraxia.
How old is your son? My daughter is 7 1/2.