He still loves to play with these set of blocks and here he is independently building his house..
Alhamdulillah! Looking forward to more imaginative play ahead!!
Raiyan was diagnosed to be on the autism spectrum at 4 years 7 months and was immediately started on 13 hours/week sessions of 1-1 ABA-based behavioral and language development therapy.
Before that, Raiyan could only communicate his needs using 1-2 words at most (though he can narrate a whole song or book easily but with no comprehension of what his words meant), was extremely resistant to change and new situations/environments, was locked in his obsessive world of animals and threw excruciatingly loud tantrums lasting hours or until his wants are eventually met.
Alhamdulillah, now at 6 years old, Raiyan can now have conversations with others, is open to change and new environments with a little cajoling, is constantly engaged in imaginative play including group play with his siblings and other children and best of all, has long kissed the scary tantrums goodbye.
He has also gone beyond our expectations with him now being independent in class (year 2) in a mainstream school.
We have no doubts that Raiyan is where he is now because of the appropriate therapy he has received in the past year and the conscientious hard work and dedication exerted by his caregivers, his therapists and most of all by Raiyan himself.
We are forever thankful and appreciative of the progress Raiyan has made to date and would love to offer other parents the same hope that we have and to work towards the progress they dream for their own child. Amin.
4 comments:
anaknya sangat lucu....mirip dengan anak senior saya disini...
slm knl dr Egypt,
oh that is wonderful to see! blocks and legos are wonderful toys to allow for imagination to develop.
salam kenal dari Brunei Hafidzi! anak kamu autisma juga kah?
Hi Mom to Max! thanks for dropping by! Yeah lego and blocks are brilliant now but before, Raiyan used to just line them up from one end of the room to another! Thankfully with the therapy, his imagination has started developing that he can finally use the legos to its appropriate use! :D
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