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forever steven will look in the mirror while music is playing or not . Opens his mouth and nothing comes out. Its like he is lip singing but the shape of his mouth is usally like it would be if you said.. "ohh ahh"
well the other day he said.."usic." I couldnt hear him well and he said "usic" again, i didnt say music fast enough, and he said.. "doo doo"
I think thats the start of him being able to sing!!
Peace all sleep well
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That's beautiful! Amazing what he must be feeling but can't quite express. Keep the music playing :)
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My son does that thing in the mirror too.Im glad for your progress.Mirrors are good for speech.Maybe he will be really good at an instument.
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nice...! DS did that a couple years ago. he called it musegic. He also calls any instruments musegic. When he sings it's also at full volume and off key! He'll sing, "happy birthday to you. ta ta ta, Happy ......" (what that ta ta ta is? precussion?)
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YEA!!! That's great - congratulations :)
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Horray!!!! You know I am your biggest cheerleader!!! That is great. See I told you that Sean and Steven were going to DJ!!!!! Funny thing though I sing they way Steven does, I kinda lip sing too. I never acting go with the act of singing. Funny. I am so happy for you and Steven. Hugs Denise
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woo hoo! steven is praticing his sounds, wont be long he is going to be talking your head off!
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Hi Thank you all for the encouragement.
Challenger it MUST be precussion tatata! hehe I love that.
Instruments he has every one you can imangine and you should see him dance, i do have a pic him of dancing in my profile:)
Denise you made me laugh!!!! I imangined you up singing kareoki! lolololol
Did i mention he LOVES Ricky Martin? and that latin beat?
He has good taste~!
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My son's OT (who I absolutely LOVE!!!) told me that speech and music are two separate sections of the brain and that a lot of autistic children are musically connected long before they master speech. My son has always loved music and will often sing his favorite songs while playing. (He'll be 3 on Friday). His speech has improved greatly in the last 6 months, but music is still the best way to reach him when he's stimming or heading for a meltdown. Just thought I'd share this.
Hugs...
Tracey
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thats really interesting, i wonder if his vocal stims is him singing??
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adams vocal stims are him humming a song, i wasnt sure until i started listening real close, they are songs he sings!
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Steven'smom~
It's possible, but the singing doesn't really seem like a stim...he doesn't sing the same song over and over and will sing 2 or 3 songs at a time. Most of his stims seem to be almost OCD in nature, with endless repetition, and he gets all "wound up" by it. The singing on the other hand, seems to calm him...
Tracey
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