" Despite a diagnosis of autism and severe learning difficulties, word decoding was never a major struggle for my daughter to learn. However, even aged 17 and after numerous special interventions and reading programs, her communication skills were below her chronological age.
Through research, I found out about Fast ForWord and Neuron Learning made it possible for my daughter to work on the program from the convenience of our own home. It was easy to set up and user friendly. The results were pretty interesting, and became encouraging within a few weeks of starting the program.
I am a believer in the fact that the program stimulated creativity. My daughter started experimenting with different sounds on her keyboard, listening to different music, started drawing the characters from the activities and even told us she was going to make her own Fast ForWord!
Comprehension and communication also improved; my daughter started asking for the first time in her life "what did you say?" and began asking the meaning of some words that she read or heard.
An emotional moment for me was when she said to me spontaneously "bless you" after she heard me sneezing; a short interaction, that most of us take for granted. It was a result of her new ability to distinguish sounds and respond accordingly. Her improvements in reading comprehension were a bonus that came along with her progress in the program.
She definitely achieved the most results in the least amount of time!"
Janine, Suffolk, England, September 2009