Autistic Heroine resurrected through the computer

February 19, 2008

I don’t really try to share the fact that my oldest son is registering on the Austism spectrum, just because I’m not a huge believer in broadcasting my thoughts and anxieties on a blog as some type of therapy. There’s enough people out there who do that already, (and all the power to them).

My son is 6 years old now and classified (loosely) as “Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified” (PDD NOS) which looks like a “catch-all” category for autistic behaviors that don’t slot into the spectrum “cleanly”.

Anyways, we’re just starting to make some real progress with him, and my wife and I were really excited to read about Carly, a 13-year old Autistic child who can now communicate with “us” via the computer (after 10 or so years of silence). She shocked everyone around her when she picked up enough typing skills on a computer to bang out what’s going on in her mind.

(”Resurrected” may not be entirely accurate…from the article it sounds like she’s
always been articulate and intelligent..I’m just using the term because she’s suddenly
“come to life” in a lot of ways to those who have been loving and nuturing her since
birth.)

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