Marek's window

Marek has been doing very well this past week. He has added some new words to his vocabulary. He has said or tried to say "go", "no", "five", "two", "one", 'bye-bye", "up", and "open", "juice", and of course "mama". These are not always consistent except for mama. He may say juice three times clear as day and then never say it again. He has these moments of great clarity, then BAM nothing. The autism world refers to them as windows. We are trying to get his window open as often as possible and keep it open. The more therapy, the greater chance of an opening to his window. In speech therapy we are practicing pointing with the correct finger, making good eye contact, and saying basic words. In behavior therapy we haven't really started anything since the therapist is still in the evaluation stage. But soon we are going to work with him interacting with others. In ABA therapy we are working on speech, completing tasks,and playing correctly with toys. I got a call today from a clinic that wants to see him and evaluate hid developmental delays. This is for kids under three with premature births, and the lady i spoke with said this should also get him into the Child Study Center sooner. That is my goal. There is a program for 3-8 year olds with autism at this center! Cross your fingers that this speeds up the process for entry!