6 Tips to Get Your Autistic Child to Read

In this video, we share tips from our home to yours to help Autistic kids get familiar with letters and writing and learn to read.
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[@nicekitty6988]

Titus, our 4yr old with L3, suddenly started lining up the alphabet and numbers to 15 😮 We had no idea he knew how to do it!! He did the letters at home and then surprised us by lining up his numbers at school. His teachers were ecstatic! ❤

[@7Aheadfamily]

Awesome!

[@brittanydaniels1102]

@@7AheadfamilyHas your level 3 autistic child with apraxia been exposed to a letter board that you or someone else holds while he points to the individual letters to get his thoughts out? If not, there are practitioners of what they call spelling to communicate outside of a center in Texas that is called the rapid prompt method at a center in Texas started and ran by a woman from the country of India who saw the way her son was communicating and learning. This works best for autistic people who are more of an auditory learner and are considered "non verbal" even though a lot of these autistic people want to be known as non speaking instead of non verbal. Please sometimes pointing to individual letters and/or numbers on a letter board can lead to typing full sentences on an app on a tablet like an iPad of some kind for example.

[@shontelbraun]

@@7Aheadfamily i have level 2 austistic

[@Taich0u]

I have autism level 1 and something called hyperlexia. I taught myself to read at around that age! It is common in autism and that may be what’s going on.

[@shontelbraun]

@@Taich0u i know how to read but i have a hard time understanding my mom screams at me becase there some words i dont know my mom need to be more patient with me and understand i learn differently then some people i play baseball and do bowling and im going to play basketball i love sports are my favorites and i love to play with figets toys draw and color

[@Medusamama]

I like videos like this and I hope that you do these more often. They are really helpful as a mom with a two year old autistic daughter. I have no idea what I’m doing.

[@7Aheadfamily]

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[@tamaraanderson7260]

What great games to learn with and have fun! Thanks for sharing them!

[@7Aheadfamily]

❤️❤️❤️

[@deedeebolden]

We have three toys that have been good for my autistic 7 year old. One is the Speak and Spell. He’s actually learned quite a few of the words and will spell them if asked. Second is the LeapFrog 2-in-1 Leaptop Touch. This one helped him learn his letters, and count to ten. (It was also great at teaching my non-autistic 4 year old.) Third is the Vtech Write and Learn Creative Center. It has helped so much with writing his letters, and shapes. (Same for my four year old) For my autistic kid, he responds better to an interactive toy getting him to do something he finds a little challenging, than to a person trying to get him to do something challenging. So these were some side door ways of getting some learning that have been effective.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing!💕

[@yeibiotekie314]

I am happy to see saymon doing great job. He is so lovely child. Hope my son do same.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you! Yes, keep us updated on your son!

[@AprilTeniente-eu1mj]

I love reading books, too! Whether when we’re autistic or not autistic at all, we can all read books and remember all the beautiful words in English, especially American English.

[@7Aheadfamily]

I love reading too!

[@nickyh6641]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@7Aheadfamily]

You're welcome. ❤

[@Coogam_toys]

Thank you,Simon and Ezra, for loving Coogam toys!We’re thrilled to know our toys are helping your little ones learn while having fun. It’s always our goal to create joyful learning experiences!🥰

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you so much for the toys!😊😊😊

[@taramokhtari4674]

What a lovely family ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you❤❤

[@tracygarrett11]

Thank you for this video!

[@7Aheadfamily]

You are so welcome!

[@Katie82834]

I cant thank u all so much for sharing god bless you all , our god is an amazing god 🙏 his blessed you with beautiful children , thank u for helping so many familys im so grateful

[@7Aheadfamily]

You are so kind. Thank you

[@games_bond7221]

I have hyperlexia, and I learned how to read by the age of 3. I could write in all styles by 4 or 5. What my parents did was get me magnetic letters for the fridge. Granted most of the time I would just line them up, but I have memories of me as young as preschool age making words and reading them

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing with us❤

[@grama17283]

What was the toy called that your daughter used to help Simon spell? He spelled fire. It had a wooden stand, cards and rotating letters at the bottom.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Great Question, and sorry for the delay. It is called Wooden Reading Blocks Short Vowel Rods Spelling Games and you can grab it here... coogam.com/discount/5isD?rs_ref=p1oPKiqD

[@wizardsuth]

He spelled "hot". He only guessed he spelled "fire" because the picture was of a fire. Simon hasn't yet learned that the letters make up the sounds of the words, but he will pretty soon.

[@wizardsuth]

For a second I thought Simon had put all the fruits on the blank side of the board in the same positions they had been on the illustrated side, which would have been fairly impressive for his first time seeing it.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Yes it would have. Thank you so much for sharing.❤

[@BODUKE3201]

Like Ezra, my favorite color for the longest time was green but sometime during my teenage years and still now into my 40s, my number one color is orange and green the second

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing with us💕

[@JonBrase]

Weird. A sensory sensitivity I had as a child (I forgot about it for a while since it didn't come up often and haven't been able to trigger it in adulthood) was that certain shades of green and orange, when put next to each other, would create this really unpleasant sensation in my head. It's the only visual hypersensitivity I've ever had.

[@SonicfanFhWcCt]

I don’t remember exactly how I learned how to read (Other then my therapists helping me at preschool) but I remember that I struggled a lot with writing and teachers were often frustrated with me because of it. My writing was always really big and it took me a while to be able to write well. I remember that when I was in grade 6 my writing looked like it was by a kindergartener. I’m better at writing now though and it’s actually readable.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing with us❤😊

[@thomasschoeck9080]

I remember that “hot” was one of the first words that I learned to spell. When I was growing up there was a store one town over with a name that was three words long. The first word on the neon sign started with H, the second word started with O and the third word started with T, and that’s how my mother would would teach me about spelling when we sat at a stop light next to the store if we were there at night or in the evening. There was enough time for this because this was a three to five minute stop light.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing

[@lesongsensorytoy]

Reminiscing with you about the old days. The courageous and fearless hearts of parents are more effective than any method or tool.

[@watotonundu8974]

To be honest I didn’t know Simon knows ALL of those shapes good job Simon 🎉😊😊

[@7Aheadfamily]

We are so proud of him!

[@IzzyS94]

Hi! Can you do an updated video of how Ezra and Simon do at the dentist and tips for going to the dentist? It is ok if you do not want to.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Good idea! We'll keep that in mind!❤❤

[@Uzi123-6]

Could you make a video of all the strategies you use to help your autistic children? I assume because your family was travelling in an rv for a while that you can’t do in person therapies (behavioral, speech, Aba etc). I have this same issue.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Good idea!💕

[@Echokaylee]

I'm curious how Ezra received the Appraxia diagnosis... When I asked our ST about my son possibly having it, she informed me that Appraxia isn't measurable until more verbalizing is happening, so she could compare the letter sounds he's making. At that time he was only saying mama consistently. But Ezra doesn't say any words, yet was diagnosed with Appraxia right? I would greatly appreciate hearing your feedback about this! Thanks so much in advance ❤ love your channel ❤❤

[@7Aheadfamily]

Great Question! Our Speech Pathologist was specialized in diagnosing Appraxia in none verbal children. It took her 6 months. One big flag was how hard he tried to make the sounds, but he couldn't do it.

[@Java-D]

Here’s a fun Halloween game, when my son was learning to read, I found a small plastic witches cauldron at dollar tree and filled it with some wooden letters we had. I added a large spoon and some word cards we had from a puzzle. So he could stir and scoop out letters from the “witches brew” to make the words on the “recipe cards”.

[@7Aheadfamily]

That sounds like fun!❤❤

[@iamki444]

Thank you.

[@7Aheadfamily]

No worries!❤❤

[@LunaSnakeySnake2021]

I love the animations they're so cute

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you!

[@lesongsensorytoy]

Thank you for choosing toys designed by LESONG, I hope it can help you~.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Yes! They were great thank you. 😊

[@peacesilverr7610]

Please your 4 yo son,at what age his eye contact had improved ?thanks❤

[@7Aheadfamily]

Simon always had pretty good eye contact but it improved quite a bit when he was three years old.

[@JonBrase]

I don't recall knowing how to read before kindergarten, but I took off really quickly at that point. By fourth grade I was reading college-level astronomy textbooks for entertainment.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing!❤❤

[@thomasschoeck9080]

One of the first times I remember seeing letters was in a bowl of alphabet soup around age four or five.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Great memory

[@brittanydaniels1102]

@@7AheadfamilyIf your autistic son doesn't learn to write by hand by the time he would be in 5th grade or later, I would work on his typing skills along with uploading any worksheets he has to do in the one time fee, Snap Type Pro 2 on an iPad of some kind that can upgrade to the latest operating system, iOS 18.0.1 and allows worksheets to be uploaded and he can answer digitally in the app afterwards.

[@Gamer_type1223]

Ezra has a beautiful name

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you💙

[@Therainbowty722]

The dinosaurie with a long neck is called a diplodocus🦕 I think or you can call it dippy for short

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you!

[@Therainbowty722]

Your welcome

[@7Aheadfamily]

❤❤

[@wizardsuth]

It could be a brontosaurus. That's what I would have called it when I was young, and they still roamed the Earth. : )

[@Therainbowty722]

@@wizardsuth yes you’re right there and the difference between them are this ‘’Brachiosaurus is taller than Diplodocus but Diplodocus is longer than Brachiosaurus’’ I searched it up

[@Lovetosing2025]

I have autism and I worked at goodwill

[@7Aheadfamily]

That's awesome!😊

[@BODUKE3201]

I am 41 and Simon knows his fruits or vegetables better than I do

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing!💕

[@BODUKE3201]

We learned the capitals of our alphabet periods; blah blah blah, but how come sometimes the electronics we talk into always know the proper terms

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing💕

[@Cartierscott]

Be honest does ezra actually know how to spell or understands what going on? When did he realize his name was ezra?

[@7Aheadfamily]

Yes! Ezra does know what is going on. We always assume intelligence. Maybe 4 when we could tell.

[@nicekitty6988]

I never once said, nor believe, that he is unintelligent. I think any parent would be surprised if their child did the same thing.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing with us💕