Having one of those days. But communication always helps. | Kreed's World: A Complex Journey Through Autism

Five years ago Kreed had finally gotten a robust communication system from Tobii-Dynavox. This was one of our first outings with it and he was quickly requesting everything he wanted at Five Guys! Communication everywhere! What better place to practice communicating than a favorite food place. He was interested and motivated and the requests came quickly and easily! | Kreed's World: A Complex Journey Through Autism

A video of Kreed learning language while waiting. This video was significant because waiting often caused severe problem behavior. Kreed didn't know what to say while waiting, or for how long or he wasn't even sure what he was waiting for. He would either engage in behaviors to let me know how unhappy he was or would ask the same question over and over. Instead, I added some language to his device that made sense for how it seemed he felt and invited him to talk about it with me. Made all the di

Had a meeting today and had to bring Kreed. I had plenty of bribe food and even took him to eat before we went. But lately he has been into super loud guttural yelling. Which he did the ENTIRE time. That's the way it goes with autism- you never know! Sometimes he's good as gold. Sometimes not. So once the meeting was over, we had a long chat. Here you go! | Kreed's World: A Complex Journey Through Autism

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