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I heard this story earlier this week and it totally blew my mind. Vancouver media person KK (who knows me somehow) has an autistic son who lives far away with his mother. The son is eight years old, and was never able to speak or communicate with anyone.

This week the son, J, started to type. His first message was to his sister. He typed a short message to tell her to "pick up her jacket."

Then, with the help of his mother, he sent KK an email saying, "Hi, dad, how was your day?"

Life can be strange and beautiful sometimes.

Date: 2010-01-14 01:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ineedcoffee.livejournal.com
awww, that is great. Thanks for posting this!

Date: 2010-01-16 06:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sarcasm-queen.livejournal.com
We had a pretty similar experience with my cousin, she was never able to communicate until her 20s when they first started using computers. Until then no one knew how much she could even communicate.

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