MJ’s speech has always been a work in progress. He was about 6 1/2 years old before he spoke in short sentences that we could understand. Other than autism, he has had the label of “speech impaired” or “speech delayed.” His early years were so draining and frustrating because we sometimes did not know what he was asking for or saying…Talk about depressing! Over the years his speech has gotten better. People can now understand most of what MJ says. There is no longer much echolalia, but instead meaningful communication. He gets many of his phrases from the various TV shows that he watches. MJ is 12 years old now and still adores watching Disney’s Clubhouse, Dora The Explorer (God help me. I think I know every single episode of Dora verbatim), and Bubble Guppies to name a few. He uses the phrases in the correct context every time.
Today for the first time in his life he said this:
“Mommy, how was your day today? What did you do?” I was actually stunned and just stared at him for a minute before I answered him. Hearing him say this made me think about all of the other phrases/things that he says all of the time now, such as:
“Mommy, why are you kissing me?”
“Hello pretty!”
“How long before you get back?”
“But I always take a shower.” He says this every single day when we tell him to go and shower lol.
“But where’d the sun go?”
“I don’t have all day you know!”
“What’s for dinner?”
“Is it time for ashes to ashes?” I’ll explain this in another post lol.
These are things that may seem simple to the “average” family but to us it means the world. We never really knew if he would ever be able to communicate in sentences like this. We are truly grateful.
NickysdayWithAutism 
WOW!! Such a HUGE.DEAL!!! Seriously, my eyes filled with tears. I look forward to this day in the future!!
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Huge! I almost didn’t know what to say to him lol. Totally shocked me!
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I would have been the same way 😊😊 So proud of you and MJ!! 👋🏻👍🏻💓
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Thank you!! 😊😊😊
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I would have done the same thing!! 👍🏻👋🏻💓
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Awesome. Surely something to be grateful for! Hugs.
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😊😊😊
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Praise God for this! “Mommy, how was YOUR day today? What did YOU do?” Dancing on water with you, Nicky! 💞
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God is good!
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Know why I love your posts so much? Because they remind me of the things I take for granted which mean so much more for you. Rock on MJ, rock on 🙂
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Thanks so much! 💕
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Huge steps. May there be many more. As for Dora, God help you indeed. In my sons house, she’s known as Dora the Borer! I much prefer Pepa Pig myself! 😆❤️
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Peppa Pig is one of his favorites!
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Wonderful! I’ve worked with many kids who have various delayed impairments so I understand how it’s ‘small’ thing feels HUGE! Well done MJ ! !!
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So you understand! It’s wonderful!
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😀😀😀😀
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I am so happy for you guys 🙂 God bless you all!
xoxo ❤
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Thank you so much 💕
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❤
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I so get this. Like … SOOOOOO get this. 🙂
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😊😊😊💕
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Wow! This is great! Praise God! I love that he says, “hello pretty.” He will continue to surprise us all!
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I LOVE when he says that!
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That’s huge!!! We can never underestimate the power of a good word. Especially those from MJ! How awesome! 😉
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It sure is!
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Sweet music to your ears 🙂
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Yes it is
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Amazing! MJ has come so far!!! It’s moments like those that make you stop and really remember where he started. Enjoy every minute, especially when he starts sassing you! 😉
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It’s so funny that you mention sassing. Under other circumstances I’d be upset but when he does it, it makes me laugh. I actually get happy lol!
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Wonderful and he’ll keep getting better!
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😍😍😍
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That is big news. Congratulations!
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😊😊😊
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Awww so wonderful and bought a smile to my heart tonight just thinking about these MJ sayings and their first moments. So worthy of sharing! Thanks again for doing so!😄
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My pleasure. I appreciate you reading. 😊😊😊
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Oh, your postings make me miss my son, but in a happy way. Thank you for sharing a bit of the miracle that is all MJ.❤❤
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Thank you so much for reading. 😊😊
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