From silence to symphony: How a family discovered their son's voice through music

“From silence to symphony: How a family discovered their son's voice through music”

Abu Dhabi: There is a particular kind of waiting that only parents know. It is the waiting for a first word. For a sign. For some small clue to who your child is and where he is going. For the Al Hashemi family, that wait lasted longer than most. Ahmed began to speak only after the age of six. Those were years of questions. How do we understand him? How do we reach him? What does he need from us that he cannot yet say? “We were learning how best to understand him and communicate with him in a…