As I reflect back on father’s day there seemed to be very little need for our intervention between the kids, they were playing together exceptionally well and K was in very good form with a lot of very good speech and interacting with us, his sister, his grandparents, and people at the beach. I have noticed lately his initiating social contact with other people, quite often complete strangers. He engaged a distant neighbor of ours one evening while she was out walking her dog and they had quite a reasonable conversation while we were petting her dog at the bottom of our driveway. Continue reading →