Something nice to share. My son with SEN

[DyslexicPoster]

My son was non verbal until age 7.

He has ASD and severe language disorders. He has not been able to read or write. After I took him to a behavioural optometrist I found out he can’t see properly. Then I paid for a private educational Pyhcologist and found out he has average IQ and dyslexia. Anyway after over a year of seeing a private tutor and the behavioural optometrist he started to read a bit.

over Christmas we had a Chinese takeaway and he opened his fortune cookie and read what it said unprompted like he was bog standard 11 year old. We was all just so happy.

the things that I’d possibly take for granted with was never a possibility when he was 7.

That's so lovely, you must be elated and well done to your little lad

That’s so lovely OP, thanks for sharing. Also well done you for pushing to get the support he needed.

How wonderful!!!can you tell us what fortune cookie said?❤️

Very happy to read this.

This is beautiful OP. Well done your amazing boy 😍😍

That’s so lovely! Well done him.

How wonderful 🙌 well done to you too, your perseverance and commitment to your lovely boy has paid off ☺️

Aw that is lovely, so happy to hear this for you and your son.

That's lovely! Well done to him and to you for your perseverance 😍

Oh wow! Get the fortune cookie framed!

So lovely to read this! Congratulations to your lovely DS and well done you for all the care you took to make sure his needs were met.

Such a lovely thing to read! Well done on getting him all the support he needs, not an easy task!

How lovely this is to read! Wishing you and your son all the best for 2024 xx

Great thread - brilliant work DyslexicPoster's DS. I bet that was an amazing moment for you all.

Loved reading this. Thanks for sharing. Massive well done to all of you.

How lovely 💙 Well done to you for persisting with the various specialists, so that your son got the help he needed. I bet he feels great too. Thank you for sharing this.

This is lovely OP!! It's the smallest things that mean so much to parents, especially when DC has SEN.

It's honestly such a wonderful feeling. We was sitting with our mouths open, even his little sister.

A lot of times there is pre conception that he will never do things, like talk, or read. It takes a brave professional to dare to think he could. His private tutor is a PRU teacher. I said to her he might never get it, but could she try. She wasn't sure either but she took the risk. His behavioural optometrist is just wonderful. She was like "nope, he is smart, he will read, he can do it".

The thing that my ds needs is to see why he should do these things. What's in it for him? I do love that aspect of him. He doesn't do things to please others if it seems useless to him.

He was asking me what subtitles or signs said on his favorite TV shows, so I started the idea that if he could read, he wouldn't need to ask us and how would he ask us when grown up. That thankfully clicked.

But again there's the pre conception that he had a low IQ, poor kid couldn't see properly!

Talking, reading and writing isn't everything. But being able to communicate is a game changer. Be that signing, pecs whatever. I'm so proud of him.

Lovely post. He's lucky to have such a supportive family.

That’s amazing 🥲 thank you for sharing. You’re a good mama - I hope I do my son proud too.

Lovely post. Made me smile

In case you didn't know you can get books specifically formatted for dyslexics. Normally a large, navy font with less words per page with larger spaces between letters, words and lines.

Lovely post OP, my DC had a severe speech and language delay and I was told by more than one doctor that he might never communicate - it took a lot of hard work with speech therapy and I still can't quite believe the first time he said 'I love you mummy' :-)

Amazing post, well done to your son and to you and your family.