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My Autistic Son Nolan that's Non-Verbal is Learning and Changing fast!!

Lately, it seems as though Nolans progress is going super fast, I always knew my son wasn't  mentally disabled but I wasn't prepared for how smart he actually is!! In the last few weeks he has mastered my iPhone so well that he wiz's through the apps I've downloaded for him, and now that I've showed him just once how to pull up a video from the circus he goes in my phone and plays it over and over again.  Not to mention in the course of pulling up the video he figured how to work the camera so now he has literally 100's of selfies!! He's so wonderfully playful with his big brother, he wrestles with him, and he takes our dogs favorite toys and makes him chase him through the house!!  He dresses and undresses himself for school, and even has an opinion on what I pack for his lunch!! I try not to get discouraged by the fact that he still hasn't uttered any words but encouraged by the fact he can retrieve items i request from another room, clean up h