JACE Kirby is much like any other three-year-old boy – he loves to run, jump and eat ice cream.
However, autism had taken away his ability to interact meaningfully with people.
An innovative South Australian program is changing that, bringing speech, hugs, smiles and even bubbles into Jace’s life.
His Port Pirie family of five is the first to go through the recently expanded Autism Early Intervention Program now operating from a house at St Marys.
Jace’s mother Rebecca Blight, 32, said before the program Jace could only say about 10 words.