Allyson Speaks!!!

I waited to posted this so that Randy could tell the family and church members this morning the wonderful news. Allyson began speaking yesterday. She is still having a great deal of trouble but can read words to you and does sometimes answer questions with standard type answers. This happened as the therapist her if she was frustrated with not being able to talk. Ally touch her yes word card. The therapist then brought out a sheet that had letters and a picture of something that began with that letter. She asked Ally to try to make the "a" sound. Ally looked at the letter with a picture of an apple and said apple. She read almost the whole alphabet by reading the picture word, like apple, bee, cat, etc. She still has a long way to go but this is the biggest step.

Dana