Speech Therapy

J had a speech therapy evaluation last week. It went really well, if speech therapy evaluations can go well...

:)

Miss Jane is J's new therapist. Nice lady. She was surprised at how well J spoke. She had prepared one test but realized after talking with J for 2 seconds that she needed the other one, the one she uses only "once every five years or so". She couldn't find it but improvised to get "a score". J, she maintains, is the highest functioning Aspie she's met in a looooong time :)

I think it's because we sold/gave away all our TVs. (We still watch DVDs and videos on our computer, though. But only on weekends!)

J and V have recently begun communicating more together on their own. I enjoy listening to their playful chatter as they interact. Miss Jane says it's wonderful that J has a playmate like his sister and that we should continue to encourage and direct role playing to help him (and her!) learn how to handle everyday social situations.

So, since we have insurance that covers it, we're going to take J to speech therapy once a week for half an hour...for maybe six months? J just needs some help brushing up the finer points of communication :)

I guess he has a lisp, too. I never realized it, but Miss Jane's going to work on it.

If J had been born 20 years ago, Miss Jane tells me, he would've been mainstreamed, become an engineer, and been considered quirky! This is why I am coming to the belief that Asperger's is not a syndrome, but an extreme personality type (especially since I believe I'm an Aspie, too, but that's for another post).

:)