Communication breakthrough

I work with a lovely three year girl with autism.  Her parents got her a great chair hammock from IKEA (€26.98).  The chair is great as this little girl is under sensitive to movement.  In her hammock chair she can swing and spin.

Since using the hammock chair, the girl will now initiate an interaction (she takes an adult by the hand and leads them to the hammock chair and taps it to indicate that she would like a turn).  She also said her first two words 'again' and 'go'.  She uses these two words to indicate that she wants another swing or spin.

I think this is a wonderful example of the possibilities of developing a child's skills once their sensory needs are met.  This example also shows that once you have found what motivates a child then the likelihood of the child developing speech is increased.