Rachel R. RachelRRomeo I just had such an affirming experience. On my intl flight back from a conference, I sat next to a In broken English, the father began to apologize warn me that his 10 yr old son had severe nonverbal autism, and that this would like be a difficult journey. 1 p.m. 28 Aug. 19 Twitter App Rachel R. Romeo RachelRR Replying to RachelRRomeo told him not to worry, I was a speech language pathologist with lots of experience with minimally verbal kiddos. Challenging behaviors began even before take off screaming, hitting me, and grabbing for my things. The father repeatedly apologized, but did little else. 2 Os Rachel R. Romeo RachelRR wv asked him how his son preferred to communicate. He didn't seem to understand. Perhaps this was a language barrier, but I think instead the