Uponastar
Well-Known Member
Thanks Dottie, MJ has some sort of stomach virus![]()
Oh yuck.
Hope she's feeling better soon.
Bonny...quick story.
My daughter Stacey just started working for an organization in Philadelphia called SPIN (Special People in Northeast). She works with autistic children. They work with them at centers located in the city and also work as "wrap-arounds" with the children within the public school system. Yesterday was Stacey's birthday and I finally got some time to talk to her about her new job. She loves it. She told me about a 5 year old (I'll call him John) in one of her sessions. Yesterday, John came up to Stacey and said, very clearly "I would like to say something to Ameer". (Ameer is another little boy in the group.) Stacey quickly ran and got Ameer and brought him over to John. Stacey waited, but John didn't speak to Ameer. Still Stacey was very, very excited. Why? Because those 8 words were the first that John had ever spoken! A complete sentence, spoken very clearly. . .for the first time! John didn't speak again yesterday. Maybe he won't speak again anytime soon. But he certainly made Stacey's birthday very special!
I love beautiful stories.