Another Accomplishment-Never give up

So I am sitting at home and all of a sudden the phone rings and its Dakotas aide and he is beside himself with good news--- You can tell that even the aide is absolutely thrilled by the way he tells me the story----

Dakota was at Adaptive PE playing basketball . When they concluded the coach asked the kids to go an wash their hands. Dakotas aide slyly said to the coach under his breath "That would be a stretch for Dakota" just about that time Dakotas goes to the sink wets his hands pumps the soap on them rinses and uses the hold air blow dryer on his hands--- the coach and the aide both look at each other in amazement--then he walks over to the his aide and his aide sees he still has a little dirt on one of his hands and tells him he should wash them again-- {The aide is thinking boy am I stretching my luck} AND Dakota actually walked back over to the sink wet his hands soaped them down and re-dryed them AGAIN!!!!!!Oh My God

I think the thrill in Dakotas aide was almost as great as the actual accomplishment-- To know that most people who constantly perceive your child as unyielding and unable to expand their "repetitoir" have been given a gift almost as great as yours. To discover that this child and many more that they might work with in the future do have abilities beyond the norm ----This is hope for them because it could mold they way they help other kids and it is hope for us because we know the potential for growth in our child has been revealed ONCE AGAIN!