💓Kai (6yo) Just Said Mummy For The First Time 💓

Our beautiful six year old son Kai can now say Mummy! Hive account@ausbitbank and I are just so proud of this massive achievement, for those who don't know Kai has Autism and is non verbal.

He was diagnosed with Autism just before his second birthday, so we started therapy right away - he attended a specialised Autism kindergarten and now attends a special school along with his big sister.

Kai has never had proper speech unlike his sister who had speech before suffering a regression, which left her with echolalia (repeating words and phrases out of context in a repetitive manner) instead of full speech.

Now this does not mean that Kai is mute, he has always verbalised (made noises and sounds) but he has never started forming proper words - that is until the last couple of years.

During this time Kai has started to say some singular words, the first were numbers and he can now count to 20.

He then grew interested in music and since then his vocabulary has begun to expand, but for the most part his language whilst developing lacks meaning and intent.

So after four years of therapy, hard work, tears, struggles and dedication plus our life savings, our amazing little boy can now say mummy.

An achievement most parents expect as a given and even take for granted - but it's one that we honestly thought may never come.

I am proud beyond words, he has made so much progress and worked so hard - I can't explain just how amazing this is and just how much it means to see all his hard work paying off.

We managed to catch him talking on video, it's a bit shaky and not the best quality but I just couldn't resist sharing his massive achievement with the world - this means everything to two very happy and proud parents.