Comments on: Life with Anthony http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2007/11/26/life-with-anthony-879/ Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Malone http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2007/11/26/life-with-anthony-879/comment-page-1/#comment-542 Robert Malone Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:07:04 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2007/11/26/life-with-anthony/#comment-542 I was hoping to get a message to the Spellman family as my wife Kei and I have a son with Down syndrome also. He is 7 years old and is in a mainstream classroom setting and has the highest reading level in his class. He is the only child with special needs in his class. The secret we found to unlocking William's potential was to teach him American Sign Language beginning at two years of age. It turned on something in him and and has really allowed fantastic growth in his ability to read, speak and communicate in a global fashion. I would love to send them some instructional DVD's to help them with their son. We have a large community of friends who also use ASL with their children that have Down syndrome, spina bifita, autism, etc. It is a Godsend. Please check out the product we used for William at www.signingtime.com ASL is not for just deaf children! Thanks, Robert Malone Charlemont, MA I was hoping to get a message to the Spellman family as my wife Kei and I have a son with Down syndrome also. He is 7 years old and is in a mainstream classroom setting and has the highest reading level in his class. He is the only child with special needs in his class. The secret we found to unlocking William’s potential was to teach him American Sign Language beginning at two years of age. It turned on something in him and and has really allowed fantastic growth in his ability to read, speak and communicate in a global fashion. I would love to send them some instructional DVD’s to help them with their son. We have a large community of friends who also use ASL with their children that have Down syndrome, spina bifita, autism, etc. It is a Godsend. Please check out the product we used for William at http://www.signingtime.com

ASL is not for just deaf children!
Thanks,
Robert Malone
Charlemont, MA

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