November 2020
My first meet up with Wilson with the present of his parents and his aunt .
Age : 5 years plus.
Former learning : two years in learning centre. (full day programme)
observation :
child don’t have eye contact, child unable to copy action / movement , child yet to verbal, child yet to match object to object/ picture to picture , child yet to understand instruction, child is in his own world, child yet to have self help skills, he will throw tantrum when some one want to engage with him.
There were so many development delay till one may label him as autistic. After 10 years of working and hand on with children of various learning issues since 2010, I ask my self, is it important to label a child? Again it is depend on individual and the country they lived in.
Wilson even don’t know who his father is?, The very basic instruction I gave him is go to hug papa, he look blank. He did not engage with people. He is very much on his own, even if his young sibling want to share toys with him, he has a tendency to push others.
Will he be better each day? He has so much delays. Once i work with a boy has so much delay too, now this boy is in grade 5l. Once i work with another with much delay too, he even roll on the floor in public places when mother refuse to buy what he asked, now this boy is in grade 2. There is no short cut to develop these group of children. How ever i believe some day this children can be better . well let us see…. to be continued.