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GIVING BACK<br />
The Holiday Season is upon us and I wanted to<br />
share with you what Allegro’s programs have done<br />
for my child. We have been with Allegro for several<br />
months and, in those months, I have seen miracles<br />
occur. For a family without a child with challenges,<br />
or born “normal,” the miracles we have experienced<br />
might not seem like miracles, but they most<br />
certainly are!<br />
Yes, I had the best medical care and did all the<br />
right things in my pregnancy, but my Joshua was<br />
still born prematurely. Due to this, he lives with<br />
intellectual disabilities, autism, and does not<br />
speak. His doctors do not know why he was born<br />
early, or why he was born with disabilities. Joshua<br />
is 7 years old now.<br />
We met Allegro at my son’s school. I went to<br />
observe Allegro’s class one day, as I like to see all<br />
the activities Joshua is involved in first-hand. I realized<br />
Joshua was paying attention and wanted to<br />
try everything! Allegro motivates, inspires, and has<br />
a truly remarkable understanding of how to teach<br />
children with disabilities.<br />
The word MIRACLE that I used in the beginning<br />
of this letter is correct.<br />
Allegro creates miracles every day! Joshua is in<br />
one of Allegro’s school programs and, after what I<br />
witnessed there, we also signed him up for<br />
Allegro’s outreach program after school. He started<br />
making eye contact for the first time in the Allegro<br />
program. It happened last month and his teacher<br />
could not wait to tell us!<br />
Joshua cannot sit down and be still, which<br />
makes learning in a typical classroom environment<br />
impossible. Allegro uses movement to teach<br />
their lessons during weekly school classes. Joshua<br />
can now stand in a line, make eye contact, and he<br />
has been mumbling sounds and trying to communicate<br />
for the first time! That’s something speech<br />
therapy had not helped! He held a pencil last week;<br />
not well, but it was still another first for him.<br />
Allegro’s special props have helped Joshua learn<br />
how to grip.<br />
Allegro is a MIRACLE!<br />
I urge you to give to Allegro so other<br />
children like Joshua can find their own<br />
miracle!<br />
Sincerely,<br />
54 | CHARLOTTE L I V I N G
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