Re: A different View

[Guest guest]

Hey, Shay. My daughter has great difficulty in getting out the words

from her heart. Even as I type she's sitting near me coloring & saying

entire scripts from www.crayola.com on how to do various projects. She

has no problem saying all of that like a DVD; but she has great

difficulty in telling me her likes/dislikes, what happened at school,

etc. She just looked me right in the eyes & started singing some song

from Phineas & Ferb; she does not make eye contact when I'm talking to

her about most things. Maybe it's a way to hear/comprehend better. The

cool thing is seeing how she reacts when she gets out a thought in a

typical way. She shows such pride.

HTH,

Debi

[Guest guest]

Hey Deb,

Thank you for your reply. My daughter expresses herself through drawing. I

remember

as a little girl in IEP at the age of 3. The ladies would go on about how she

was so

detailed in drawing. They couldn't believe that a 3yr old would draw fingers and

such

on a person or lips, eyes and such. They were impressed. My daughter has been

drawing

since 2 even though she didn't speak. My daughter does alot of mumbling,

slurring,

and alot of " I don't know " then says, its gone I don't know. She is always

forgetting

what she wants to tell me. Her sentences are never full or complete. For example

most kids if asked what they did today will give a few descriptions. My daughter

will sit with a blank stare as you can see her taking a journey into her day,

but really

can't explain. She may say something like " I draw " Now sometimes she can

carry on a conversation of her interest, but it will be long, drawn out, and

most I don't

understand what she is saying, cause words are blended together and such. But

such a beautiful Spirit. Alot of people try to hug her, She doesn't like to hug

or be

grabbed. She just kind of shrugs and tolerates to avoid hurting the feelings of

those

that do it. There are many other things. I will show you some of her drawings

sometime

if you like.

When you mentioned about your daughter and how she can repeat things from DVD's

and such. My son is the same way. He will come out and give me full scripts, but

you

ask him something like how do you feel? It will always be I don't know,

everytime.

Talk soon and thank you for your kind e-mail!

Sincerely

Shay

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