Non-verbal autistic boy communicates using dad's alphabet tattoo

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The dad of a non-speaking, autistic boy has had the alphabet tattooed on his arm so his son can always communicate with him.  Dan Harris, 45, had the £180 tattoo completed on his left forearm two weeks ago after he became concerned that son Joshie, 10, can't always tell him what he wants.  Joshie, who was diagnosed with autism when he was two years old, uses an iPad, also known as his 'talker', to communicate his needs using simple words and pictures.

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00:00and for the joshie man we wanted to record authentic family reactions and

00:05Charlotte the lovely girl has just got in the car what do you think what don't

00:12you like my love why my love and anything else oh okay well that's not the

00:20reaction I was expecting but I appreciate it anyway

00:23be what butterfly you you you T T

00:34e-r-s-l-y butterfly

01:04A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P.

01:23P, well done!

01:26Hi, it's Dan Harris here from Neurodiversity and Business.

01:29I'm here with the Joshie man today,

01:31and it's the thrill of our lives

01:32to be going to different places around the country

01:35and randomly seeing these communication boards installed.

01:40So Joshie, tell me, do you want to go?

01:42I won't go.

01:44Where do you want to go?

01:47Well, Joshie's trying to communicate,

01:48and it's a wonderful thing that these things

01:50are going up all around the world.

01:53So please do look at our website.

01:54They are free.

01:56We're obviously not charging for them.

01:59And, you know, they're really impactful.

02:01Get a lot of people talking about autism,

02:03but importantly, let our non-speaking autistic people

02:07access the community better.

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