Friday, 22 January 2010

• Autism (Savor Each Syllable, Part 2)

  Slightly apraxic (low muscle tone around the mouth) and with his two front teeth missing, my son (diagnosed as on the autism spectrum with PDD-NOS) makes an observation:
  
  [son] "Mom. Sssssnakes sssslither in the rrriver."
  Agreeing, I say, "yes, they do (with smiles)!"
  
  I challenge you to numb your lips with ice (until you can hardly feel them), fold your upper lip over your front two teeth and repeat: "snakes slither in the river."
  
  

  
  
  Now you can appreciate the effort of this statement. 
  
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  Did you try the challenge?  What did you experience?
  
  
  

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