I have 6 year old autistic twins.
We started going to the museum right about the time when they
were just starting to gain a grasp for words.
They didn't have much spoken language, but we knew that they
were interested in learning.
One of the things that the museum did was they have these
especially for me, events which are geared towards families with
children with various diagnosis.
The Discovery Museum, there was something else.
They clicked, it was their age, it was the exhibits.
We just, we were so happy to see them, see them happy and through
that and through like I said, through the process of all these
years, we watched them grow, develop, you know, a, a, a very
extensive spoken language at this point.
And they really, they really have grown with all of the
exhibits and they, I can see their minds.
I can see how they're thinking, I can see what they're doing.
They create their own little experiments with all of the
little things that are happening.
Like it's, you can see the cog is turning in their mind and
it's fantastic to be able to see that.