Seven years ago he had his first visit with her. At that point he had essentially no expressive or receptive language at all, and consequently no social skills since his ability to communicate was rudimentary at best. He's come so far. I cried.
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Really Good News
Thing Two rocked his annual appointment with the neurodevelopmental pediatrician this week. There's definitely still work to be done, especially on the social end of things and with pragmatic language, but she used the words "academically gifted" to describe him, encouraged us to get his IQ tested, and (most amazingly) said that she will not be surprised if he no longer needs his Special Ed classification by the time he enters high school three years from now.
Seven years ago he had his first visit with her. At that point he had essentially no expressive or receptive language at all, and consequently no social skills since his ability to communicate was rudimentary at best. He's come so far. I cried.
Seven years ago he had his first visit with her. At that point he had essentially no expressive or receptive language at all, and consequently no social skills since his ability to communicate was rudimentary at best. He's come so far. I cried.
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