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We were sitting in the car, today, with me in the middle of two forward facing carseats of our economy class sedan, with Justin to the right of me, Nathan to the left. Nathan, at the start of his overtired induced tantrum was banging on my arm with his fist, while yanking off my glasses. I was squished and tired, and didn’t want to fight anymore, so I shifted as much as I could to Justin’s side of the car trying to ignore the madness that was to the right of me. While my right side arm was being tortured, my left was being gently stroked and patted…with Justin’s right hand! I was so excited to see that he was able to open his right hand and lift his harm to repeatedly stroke and pat my arm. Every time he did, I said, “Awww, Justin. Thank you,” which encouraged him to do it more. This means he is becoming more and more aware of his right side!!!

Here are some other ways he’s shown progress in terms of right hand/arm awareness:

-When asked to pat at a toy with his right hand, he did so without any assistance from his occupational therapist, and without using his left hand first.

-During a session with his infant stim teacher, he attempted to touch and feel different textures on a book by lifting it towards the object.

-He uses his left hand to lift up his right hand, or to open it to put things in it.

-He brings his hands to together to play.

-He plays with his feet with his right hand.

I must thank the Lord, and for your prayers. The brushing technique was heaven sent for Justin; I think this is the main reason why he’s made so much progress in such little time.

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