I love your story! It sounds like speech therapy is definitely
helping also!

-- In easternokautism@yahoogroups.com, "alison.dalgleish"
<edalgleish@...> wrote:
>
> While waiting out in the lobby for Clay's Speech Therapist, a
young
> boy about Clay's age entered the lobby. While I was excited about
the
> opportunity for Clay to practice some of his new "friendship
skills",
> Clay had other ideas.
> The little boy approached Clay (who was standing about 2 feet from
> me), and held out a toy. Clay recipricated by spreading out his
hands
> and feet as wide as they could go (to stop the boy), and LOUDLY
> proclaimed..."NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE HER, SHE'S MY MOMMY!" The little
boy
> turned around and walked off. I tried to explain to Clay that the
> little boy just wanted to play, but he said "no, he wanted you,
mommy."
> I thought it was very sweet, but obviously we need to keep going
over
> our friendship skills!
> ~Alison Dalgleish
>