Sisters; or, Why Language Is Sometimes Overrated

Published: July 31, 2007, 12:20 am

Tags: language, siblings, asd, aspergers, autism, children, education, family, language, parenting, pdd nos, pool, sibling, sisters, slide, swimming, talking

“I just love it we’re at this point when they understand everything you say but they haven’t learned all the words themselves yet,” said a mother at the pool today to me. She was talking about her younger daughter, who was not quite two, with curls and highly attentive to all around her. Charlie was humming while splashing and kicking his way round the pool. I thought about how long it has been, and very likely will be, that he will understand so much more—everything, even—that is said than he has words to respond with. The other mother’s elder daughter, aged 5, was having a swimming lesson. I had mentioned a few minutes before that my son has autism; I had also noted, in the course of chatting, that I had grown up with only an older sister and that, while we lead completely separately lives on the opposite coasts of the country, I feel very close to my sister: I never have to say who I am when I call, I send her emails about very random

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