Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Autism Awareness Month

How one mom's determination lead to a breakthrough....



Matthew has autism and speech apraxia. Until he was almost 3 years old, he could not communicate. A therapist gave Matthew a Baby Signing Time video. And it changed his life. He began to initiate communication through signs!
Then Matthew's mom, Marybeth Buffington asked herself: If a little bit of sign language is good for my son, what would happen if he were exposed to a lot of it? What if Matthew could attend a school where everyone used sign language, like a school for the deaf? To find out what happened and read the story in full visit, http://lifeisgreatbutitisntperfect.blogspot.com/2013/08/road-to-matthews-communication.html


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