Eli's Progress

Eli is following a different path with his therapy than Sean did. Eli is already matching and sorting. He already knows his letters, numbers, shapes and colors. He can do a little bit of sight reading as well. In the last few weeks, he has started using a picture choice board fully independently. Something Sean would never do. However, he shows zero inclination to talk or even try to talk. Almost no vocal imitation at all and no sign language beyond "more" and "eat."

He is currently working on imitation with objects and will move into gross motor and fine motor imitation in ABA therapy. Hopefully, that will lead to some oral motor imitation in the near future. He also starts preschool in a few weeks and maybe being around other kids who do talk will help get him interested in talking.

All in all, he actually does a really good job of communicating what he wants. In most of these areas except imitation, he is about 10 months ahead of where Sean was. Hopefully, we can keep making progress and gradually fill in the areas where he is lagging behind.