I'm hoping to update this blog most days to let all of Ben's friends and family know how his program is going from day to day.
Eamonn and Aisha have been playing today and Ben has had a great time.
I had to put a new lockable door knob on the play room yesterday as, during his session with Aisha yesterday morning, he managed to waggle the door enough for the bolt at the top to come loose. He didn't know what to do but decided that the session must be over if the door will open and shut and proceeded to say 'bye bye' to Aisha and bring her downstairs.
During our session in the playroom this afternoon Ben played with our dice theme for fifteen minutes! He said 'cough,' 'sneeze,' and tried to say 'hiccup' and pressed the buttons on the dice. We've been trying to decide whether he knows which words are which as he gets it right quite a lot, I'm happy to believe he can pick the right one until proved wrong :)
Our trip to the park this evening was also fun, Ben found a boy of about the same age and made eye contact, he smiled at him and said something that seemed to be in his own language. The other boy smiled back and they ran around the park together for a while. It was really nice, I can't wait for him to have more words to say to other children
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This blog is written about the Son-Rise program we run for our autistic son Ben. He is 7 years old and has recently started to talk, he can express what he wants now and understands most of what we say. More info on our website www.hopeforben.com
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