A Brazilian friend of mine has a 10-year-old nonverbal son. Here in Brazil, autistic children can request a private teacher from the government to accompany them in the classroom. Without debating whether this is good or bad for the child, the fact is that my friend’s nonverbal son was the only student in his class with an adult by his side—until a neurotypical Chinese child was enrolled in the same class with an adult next to him, his translator.
Since they were the only children with “private teachers,” they became friends. Months later, my friend was called to the school to witness her nonverbal son fluently conversing in Chinese with his new friend.
That’s so awesome lol. Have you heard of The Telepathy Tapes by any chance? There seems to be a lot of evidence that nonverbal kids can have amazing abilities.
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u/cru31a 16d ago
A Brazilian friend of mine has a 10-year-old nonverbal son. Here in Brazil, autistic children can request a private teacher from the government to accompany them in the classroom. Without debating whether this is good or bad for the child, the fact is that my friend’s nonverbal son was the only student in his class with an adult by his side—until a neurotypical Chinese child was enrolled in the same class with an adult next to him, his translator.
Since they were the only children with “private teachers,” they became friends. Months later, my friend was called to the school to witness her nonverbal son fluently conversing in Chinese with his new friend.