Since August a lady has been coming here from the Autism team of Northern Netherlands to give Ilianna "playing- therapy". Children with autism have problems with developing their imaginations, but if you look at these pictures that we took around Christmas time, you can say that Ilianna has no problem in that area. Here she is doing Piglet and Elvis' hair:
Whenever I do Ilianna's hair, she sits on a stool in front of me, just like P & E are doing here. The lady who gave the Playing therapy said that it is unclear whether Ilianna is using her imagination, or if she is just copying things that we do. Have a look at this next picture, where Ilianna is putting shoes on Elvis and Piglet: 
And it's not just those two who get all the attention:
And here is the funniest story of them all. One day we were sitting here and we asked if Ilianna needed a clean diaper. She answered no, but a few minutes later she grabbed a diaper, and the changing pad and went over to the couch. She then grabbed Piglet, and proceeded to giver him a clean diaper. It was pretty funny to see! She has an apron on, because I also had one on.
First she wiped his bum:
Then she attempted to put the diaper on:
We gave her a hand, and this was the end result:
So I come to the following conclusion: What do you mean, no imagination???!!!!!
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