A mum has described the emotional her severely autistic teenage spoke for the first time
Miriam Gwynine's son Isaac, 14, has non-verbal autism and requires round-the-clock care. But when Issac's school was visited by other children this week, something happened that has given his mum fresh hopes for his future.
Miriam, from Hamilton, said: "Children from another school had come to visit Issac's special needs school. Isaac is very familiar with the kids and he always flaps to show he is excited to see them."The teacher said everyone just fell silent. She was so excited to tell me. Miriam, who is a full-time career to Isaac and his twin sister Naomi, began to think about what had prompted Issac to say they word before realising he had recently become obsessed with CBeebies show BBC show Something Special and its main character - Mr Tumble."He went through a phase of constantly playing the Mr Tumble theme song and he sings "Hello, hello, how are you?" We have all been sick of hearing it because of how much he plays it.
He said: "I cannot explain how wonderful that is. Around 20 years ago, I created the series Something Special in the hope that it would help children with additional needs find their voice.
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