I have been working on a couple interactive books to teach my son "wh" questions for a while.  I'm so happy they are finished.  Well, to be honest the ones that I put up on the website (http://www.freeprintablefun.org) aren't totally finished.  There are a few very minor mistakes and some images that could be clearer.  BUT, they are finished enough to be used.

We did a trial run with both books today and I was totally impressed with how well my son did!  His speech therapist said that "why" is the most difficult of the "wh" questions and that it is normally taught last, but he went through the book just GREAT.  I don't think he'll have a total grasp on it any time soon but I'm very encouraged by his ability to use picture cues to figure out the answer.   He still struggled with a few of the prepositions.  "Behind" seems to get him every time.  At speech therapy and at home he often confuses it with either "in" or "next to."    While "in" is never really correct "next to" is very realitive and I find it hard to correct him on it.  I can see where it gets difficult for him.

I will probably tackle "What" next, then "Who", then "When."  I think "When" will be the hardest to write since my own personal grasp on time is very weak.

I've been trying to put up more and more resources for children with Autism.   I recently bought a subscription to a clip art website (which was so AGAINST my personal penny pinching internet policy) because hand drawing takes for ever and looking for royalty free no cost clip art takes time and effort that can be devoted elsewhere.  So far I'm very pleased with the purchase and have calculated that I can make books for my son at about an eigth of the cost of buying specialty learning aides from companies like LinguiSystems.  Every little bit helps.  Now it's just the struggle of getting my son to sit down and READ the books with me.