Thank you for story.
My son diagnosed with autism at age two. Now he is 7, and practically did't speak (not counting simple phrases like 'give water, give pasta' etc..).
Sorry for disturbing, but could you tell me (if it OK for you) at what age you sister start to understand / talk, and is there some 'aha!' moment maybe? And did you mom works only with ABA or some other method too?
Sorry about my english.
Of course. I don't think she really spoke at all until age 4, and it was only with very, very intense behavioural therapy over the course of years that she made any progress at all. To give a sense of scale, my mother quit her job, got a master's degree in the field, and dedicated herself to it full-time (as in - her whole life; not just her whole professional life).
I don't recall a particular "aha" moment, but then, I'm only two years older than her, so I might simply not have been paying attention.
Part of the issue was that this was in the late 80's, and diagnoses were much, much less common then.
