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"Eye Contact" (Kaleb Whitlock - age:4)
Autism Awareness Week 2009
Knowledge - Opportunity - Resources - Hope
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"Eye Contact" (Kaleb Whitlock - age:4)
Beckah & Kaleb Whitlock
Autism Awareness Week 2009
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My grandson, Kaleb (4 yrs), spent some time with me (and his uncle and aunt) without his mom or dad or brother. I was interested to see how he would react when he was getting all the attention. It was awesome! We had a couple of "melt-downs" over getting in the car seat and going to bed, but in-between, we had a great time.
ReplyDeleteI am always impressed with the changes I see in Kaleb. Not seeing him every day means I see huge changes when I am around him. He always has a larger vocabulary and sentence use.
Since this was a longer visit, I noticed more things. I found out that I need to always have food on hand because when he is hungry, the way to avoid a melt down to have something ready. I also found I could instruct him to tell me what he doesn't want me to do, instead of saying, "no, grammy!!!! no, no!" I would say, "Kaleb, tell me, 'please don't give me a yellow glass, I want a green one,'" or whatever was the problem. Mostly he would change his approach and I would respect his wishes. That was very gratifying.
We spent over an hour flying kites on one of the days. Kaleb had his own and flew it by himself. It was a happy time and he was successful. He also took it well when all of our kites fell down. The only problem we had was when I wouldn't let him run across the road to help his aunt rescue her kite, but in the end, it is a great memory
I have a lot to learn about Autism, and about Kaleb. I already know he is special and I love him very much.