It's never too late, is it ?

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The old thread on teaching a child to point really resonated with me.

When my LO (little one) was 3, I thought them to point. I spent a whole week doing only that, and nothing else. By the end of the 9th day, they were pointing fluently. Unfortunately, we had ABA with a program manager who was determined not to allow me to have any say in LO's programs (I fired the entire team eventually). But the damage was done and she put LO's pointing into extinction. I now have a much better team (we don't do a lot of ABA but enough to make a difference), but LO is now much older and still not talking. I would love to teach them to point and just need feedback on whether it's too late or if LO is too old to learn to point spontaneously at this age (they are in kindergartner now).

Thanks !

Draw pictures.

Talk to autistic children through their eyes, by using simple stick figure drawings.

Yes, just like what our cave ancestors did 50,000 years ago. It saves tons of troubles down the line.

Supplies: (a) magnetic drawing board, (b) blank 4x6 index cards, with plastic transparent mini-photo-album pouches. Reading goes before talking. Use word labels and speech bubbles in your drawings.

Not drawing pictures for autistic children is the number one evil in raising these children, in my opinion.

If your LO pointed before, they can probably learn it again. A skill forgotten by disuse isn't really gone forever - it's a lot easier to relearn than to learn it the first time.