r/MadeMeSmile 16d ago

Wholesome Moments Autistic non-verbal boy speaks directly to his mother for the first time.

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u/sheemonz 16d ago

A very good morning indeed!!! My child doesn't speak. I can feel this mom's joy. I loved seeing this!!!

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u/batwork61 16d ago

How are you doing?

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u/sheemonz 16d ago

And thank you for asking :)

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u/sheemonz 16d ago

Decent, he has severe apraxia compounded with other dx which makes his "typical" speech prognosis poor, but he's had an AAC device since he was 3 (now 10). He's perfectly capable of arguing with me via his device lol. 

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u/The_GREAT_Gremlin 16d ago

Nice. I taught special ed and my son has autism.. it's good to know there are kids out there who do use their devices to communicate lol

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u/backtolurk 16d ago

Sometimes I get mad because my boy won't stop talking. Silly me. It's good to reconsider yourself sometimes. This is the best bit of video I've seen in ages.

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u/PokiP 16d ago

If you’re into podcasts, I’d recommend The Telepathy Tapes. It tells stories of families with nonverbal children and how they’ve learned other methods of communication. It does get a little “woo-woo” for some people, but it’s really interesting.

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u/happy35353 16d ago

Please stop promoting this pseudoscience. The telepathy tapes is repackaged facilitated communication. These people are making money off of this podcast and selling the videos online. They are exploiting these kids and their families. 

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u/DeathByLemmings 16d ago

Looking into it, none of the results are replicated anywhere. The kids seemingly only have this ability under certain conditions and you have to pay to see the experiments

....yeah, it's more charlatanry praying on families hope for a quick buck. Gotta love society!