All three were huge challenges, just weeks ago.
He showed no interest in doing puzzles for the last 8.5 years. This week, he did three puzzles with Baba. Priceless!
He had shown major signs of anxiety around anything called a gun. He played nerf guns with Shreya, Baba, and even his volunteers all this week!
He never showed any interest in reading books although he used to love reading take out menus a year ago! But this week he is glued to his book about the "1001 whys" gifted by Aai.
After dinner tonight, he AND Shreya both read in pin drop silence for 15 minutes straight. I had to request them to go to bed at that point. Shreya LOVES to read so this is not new for her. But Aditya? You couldn't get him to read even a few lines, only a few weeks ago!
Thank you Aditya, for showing us that change is easy! Provided you want change really strongly, without needing it (i.e. making your happiness conditional on it)!
In other news, he is trying to crack jokes all the time. They are totally un-funny at times, but we are loving them anyways! We have no doubt that with his amazing sense of humor and his enthusiasm in learning anything new, he is going to "crack" this one too:-)
Shreya is showing increased enthusiasm in joining Aditya and inviting him to play too. She is showing amazing consistency in saying "Okay" if she invites him to play and he says no. She is showing even more consistency in trying again after a while:-) (And being okay if he says no again!)
We are blessed to have you Shreya!
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