Guest guest Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Hi I havent posted much about this before, but we are now doing facilitated communication with Joe, who is 12, severely autistic and just slightly verbal. We have a brilliant speech therapist who is very experenced in FC and who really believes in Joe's abilities. He had a bittersweet conversation today, which I wanted to share:- Therapist - What would you like to learn about? Joe (facilitated) - WHY I AM AUTISTIC (Therapist talks about changes to the brain, reads from encyclopaedia how brain works) Joe (facilitated) HAVE UNDERSTOOD. THIS IS GOING TO BE MY LIFE Therapist - What do you mean by that? Joe I WILL NOT GET BETTER. Therapist said he will always have autism but will get much better, talked about his home program, etc. Those of you who have met Joe, or who have a severe, non verbal child yourselves will understand how incredible this is. Incredibly sad too. But my question is for parents of children who may have communicated something similar, either verbally or with fc - I can use this as a way in to explain why I give him supplements, and get him hopefully to tell me how new supps make him feel, what helps, what doesnt - has anyone been able to communicate with their child to this extent - does anyone have any tips? x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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