A man, who has watched our family interact with Christopher, recently asked me if Christopher can communicate. I confidently said "Yes!" He then asked if he can talk? I said no. Puzzled, he queried, "then how does he communicate?" I explained that Christopher frequently grabs our hand and takes us to the toy or activity location in which he wishes to engage, that Christopher understands English quite well, that we have learned to a degree to recognize his body language indicating that he is hungry or needs to go potty, etc.
The following video demonstrates Christopher's ability to respond to verbal cues. We took this video in one take. I hope you enjoy watching it.
I am Alice's cousin who lives in New York and we have stayed with Randy, Alice and family several times when we have traveled to Utah, and they have stayed at our home when they visited New York. I LOVE to be with their family and I am in awe of the amazing things Christopher understands and can do! He is an angel of God!
We love and miss you Spencer Family!!!!