teri
01-01-2003, 07:41 PM
I took the kids to Disneyland for a day on 12/28/2002, when were were down to see the grandparents. Our autistic son Marc has been homeschooled since mid-November when his school program fell apart. One of the books we have been working on for vocabulary and pronunciation is Sleeping Beauty, a picture book about 95 pages long that goes along with the movie version. He read the book to 2 of his teachers just before the Christmas holiday - they were suitably impressed that he had calmed down and that he was reading so fluently, given that he had been so quiet and agitated when he was in school. [:)]
We took his book to Disneyland with us. I had Marc go up to Guest Services and ask where he could find Princess Aurora to sign his book. Michael at Guest Services, who recognized us from previous visits, kindly looked up her location and called to verify for us where she could be found. We got there just as she was leaving, but she would be back in half an hour, so we roamed around for a bit until she returned. We were first in line to see her when she got back. Princess Aurora was most patient and gracious with Marc, and let him read his favorite page from the book - this was very hard for him, to be on the spot with a stranger, in public, reading a book, but he did great. Then, she signed the book and congratulated him for doing such a good job. He was in kid heaven!
It was just one of those wonderful, magical moments... :) Here is a picture...
http://pixiedustinn.com/photos/Christmas2002/Dcp_0505.jpg
We took his book to Disneyland with us. I had Marc go up to Guest Services and ask where he could find Princess Aurora to sign his book. Michael at Guest Services, who recognized us from previous visits, kindly looked up her location and called to verify for us where she could be found. We got there just as she was leaving, but she would be back in half an hour, so we roamed around for a bit until she returned. We were first in line to see her when she got back. Princess Aurora was most patient and gracious with Marc, and let him read his favorite page from the book - this was very hard for him, to be on the spot with a stranger, in public, reading a book, but he did great. Then, she signed the book and congratulated him for doing such a good job. He was in kid heaven!
It was just one of those wonderful, magical moments... :) Here is a picture...
http://pixiedustinn.com/photos/Christmas2002/Dcp_0505.jpg