What would happen if you said nothing except the word you wanted him to vocalize. i.e. no questions no other sounds. Just show him the banana and say "ba" or "ban" or something. May be it will be clearer, less for him to process, except thing he want and the one sound?
I don't know, I am not a professional :) Just thiking out loud, so nice to see it you know, I loved it!
I am the mother of a severely autistic boy. I was not made for this challenge. I procrastinate; I am messy; I cannot follow a routine; I have problems with my short term memory and concentration; I loose temper; I get depressed; I do not always have unquivering hope.
I do not march through this trying experience. I stagger under.
Systemic neglect and wastefulness condemns thousands of Canadian children to an adulthood of mental retardation and costly life-long institutionalization. Do you want to now how this is happening? Read on. Most likely you will not learn about it from the news.
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