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Mom Cries In Her Car Hearing First Word Nonverbal Autistic Daughter Speak
There are certain milestones that most parents look forward to with their children. Things like first steps, first words and the first day of school are major accomplishments for little ones!
But for parents of children on the autism spectrum, those milestones are not on any certain timeframe and may not happen at all. This is what one mother named Briana Blankenship became accustomed to with her 5-year-old daughter Taylor.
Doctors diagnosed Taylor with a form of autism called "nonverbal," meaning she doesn't communicate with speech. Even though she understands bits and pieces of the English language when people speak, coming up with her own words was not a possibility.
That all changed one day in the McDonald's drive-thru line.
But for parents of children on the autism spectrum, those milestones are not on any certain timeframe and may not happen at all. This is what one mother named Briana Blankenship became accustomed to with her 5-year-old daughter Taylor.
Doctors diagnosed Taylor with a form of autism called "nonverbal," meaning she doesn't communicate with speech. Even though she understands bits and pieces of the English language when people speak, coming up with her own words was not a possibility.
That all changed one day in the McDonald's drive-thru line.
