One thing she needs to learn is "waiting". Two weeks ago, we went to a salon for her hair cut. Jane was the 5th customer in line. She kept on crying because she wanted to sit on the chair and have a haircut right away. We told her she has to wait. But she kept on crying. The receptionist noticed us and asked what's wrong. My husband explained that Jane has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and her ability to wait is too short. Thus, the receptionist asked permission from the other guests to let Jane have a haircut first. Gladly they agreed. This is just one situation where Jane displayed her "impatience" but we cannot reason her ASD always and not all people could understand. That's why we realized that she needs to learn to "wait".
From the training, we were taught to take one step at a time. Jane is currently on home program, we have pulled her out of SPED school to give focus on the things that are more important to be learned than academics. Aside from the home program, we will get a speech therapist to help us formulate a program to address her speech delay.
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