Iris is Autistic. At four-years-old, she
is not speaking yet and has great trouble with interacting with others but
expresses herself through movement
and art. Iris is delightful, funny, serene, dainty, intelligent, crafty and utterly gorgeous! Iris loves nature, water,
flowers, trees, wind, books, pictures
and dancing on tip toes. Since she was
diagnosed in December 2011 her parents were able to learn about how to
help. With the expert help of many
therapists she changed dramatically in
just a short space of time. She used
to be consumed by books, eye contact was a rare occurrence, she didn’t
want to or know how to play, showed
obsessive behaviours, got desperately
distressed when near any other children and her sleep patterns were all
over the place. She experiences fits
of laughter, squealing with delight,
plays, communicates by creating her
own signs, a few small words and her
sleeping is much better. Iris still has a
long way to go with her social skills
and speech, but she has many more
‘good days’ and on Hو\