[Bungleau]

I'll go with RevRuby. Sorry, guys, but disabled does not mean un-able. It just means they don't do things the same way you'd expect someone of that age to be able to do them. Follow RR's suggestions in simply asking, first. Even if they can't talk, they can still tell you what they'd like to do.

Ask for ideas from old programs and such. You'd be surprised how fun games can be, as well as art projects, songs, crafts, reading... whatever someone age 6 to 10 would be interested in. Hide and seek, tag, puzzles, workbooks... there are a number of options.

My daughter is almost 8, and I can tell you that today (since school was cancelled for snow), she's gone outside to play in the snow, sang songs, read books, and is getting ready to have a friend over. Among other things, they'll probably play dress-up, dolls, and a couple of other things I probably don't want to know about [img]smile.gif[/img]

Treat them as individual people, not as a group with problems, and you'll have a much easier time of it. So sayeth the voice of experience.

And for what it's worth, when I was told similar things, I really didn't believe it then. Now I do...

And above all, HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!

*edit* forgot to add one thing... never assume they *can't* do something they haven't tried before. Let them try it and then find out. You might be surprised at what they're able to accomplish.

[ 03-01-2005, 10:32 AM: Message edited by: Bungleau ]