As many of you know, my son Ethan is Autistic and we have fought so incredibly hard for all the opportunities he has had in life. He makes us so proud every single day.
April happens to be Autism Awareness month and April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day!
I would like to share a few videos of Ethan and his amazing number and letter abilities. He amazes us with what he teaches himself. These videos show two of his self-taught “tricks”.
Ethan has been obsessed (seriously obsessed) with numbers for as long as we can remember. He was able to recognize numbers and the words for numbers before he could even speak.
(remember when I threw him a Number Party last year?)
Just last year, Ethan started using his fingers to represent numbers. He takes his fingers and actually forms the shape of each number and he refers to his hands as his “timer”. He can go from zero to 100 in under a minute, just using his hands.
Little did we know, he has been teaching himself how to use the “timer” to add and subtract. You have to just watch this video.
Pay close attention to his hands as they form the numbers.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyY2mS7xx-Q
Last year, Ethan showed us he can say the alphabet backwards (rather quickly). We were shocked because we had never taught him this, nor had he ever shown us that he could do it. We thought it was the coolest thing ever, and so did he.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=v9OKc_5EgeU
I hope to share more stories and videos of Ethan during the month of April to promote Autism Awareness Month!
Hayley
Hayley Crouse is a wife, mother and multifaceted designer. Her love of sewing, crafting, cooking and interior design infuses her daily life and naturally spills over into her online presence. She pushes the envelope of her creativity and hopes that others will be inspired to do the same. She currently authors the Welcome to the Mouse House Blog, is the pattern designer behind Mouse House Creations and is a collaborative designer with Willow & Co. Patterns.
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He is amazing Hayley! Thank you for sharing this!
wow that is awesome!! and he is adorable!
Little minds work in such amazing ways. The subtracting was my favorite part. So fast!
He is just so gorgeous Hayley! Thank you so much for sharing the videos, I so loved watching Ethan. What an intelligent little boy
WOW! Amazing! Thanks for sharing!
That is awesome, Hayley! He is so smart, I love his little voice too.
Wow, great job…he’s so smart;)
Wow…amazing is a very small word for such BIG ability! Thanks for sharing his wonderful ability!
Ethan you are AUSOME! And you family must be pretty darn great too! I know a couple of AUSOME people also close to me. And I think it takes awesome family to really nurture such amazing (albeit often downright frustration) talents!