What parents Say About Gemiini

Mila is 4 years old adopted from China at 2.5. She was completely nonverbal when she came home. We searched for something to encourage speech and found Gemiini! She adores all the signs & animal sounds. And we are even seeing her copying the sounds of the words she is learning. She is blooming right before our eyes. We are excited to see how far this program will take her.

I started Gemiini about 3 months ago. It was the first thing I tried when my then 17-month-old was labeled "at risk" for autism. We have been watching the animal sounds videos repeatedly and I've even made some of my own. Just this past week, my son started talking. He only says a few words (car, mama, dada, pawpaw, kitty, uh-oh, juice) but he knows so many animal sounds. I had no clue he was absorbing all of those. He knows elephant, sheep, monkey, snake, dog, cat, tiger, and lion. It's really incredible. His speech therapist is amazed! He is picking up more animal sounds every day. I have to admit, I was skeptical but not anymore. Thank you Gemiini!

My son started GemIIni almost 2 months ago and he is starting to say a few words! The other day he said a complete sentence, "I did it!" I was so happy I almost cried! This has given me so much hope, so glad we decided to give it a try.

So, this happened: Every night I put my son (12 years old, non verbal) to bed. And every night (since he's been around age 5 or so) I say, 'Bye, see you in the morning!'. Of course, he's never responded back, but he usually waves. Weeeeeeeeeeeeel..........Tonight, I said my usual, 'By, see you in the morning!' and he SAID, "Bye, Mom." As you can imagine, I was like, 'What the WHAT?!' I was screaming and trying not to cry! I managed to say, 'Great talking, kiddo!' and closed the door. Wow, my heart is still racing a little. My husband heard him say it as well, so I know it wasn't just me. Eeeeeekkkk.......I'm doing the dance of joy!

My 12 year old with autism has been completely non-verbal his whole life, not even sound imitation. Within 3-4 weeks of using Gemiini (he watches about 30-40 min a day total), he now says 'pop' (for popcorn, one of his favorite foods) and 'bye' (not extremely clear, but it is there). He is also starting to form sounds/letters with his mouth (no voice, yet). It's a wonderful start for him! I've cried many days since we started about 6 weeks ago with the program. Tears of joy! His SLP is very on board with Gemiini and uses it with him and several of her other clients now. We can't wait to see what the future holds! I would say definitely give it a try for about 6 months to see what happens. If my completely non-verbal son can say some words after using Gemiini, I would say ANYONE can get some benefit from it. I wish he had quicker success, however, I keep telling myself that it takes babies 3-4 years to vocalize language, so I shouldn't expect 'quick results' from my son.

Just another rave about this program as well as some details on how we are using it in case that is helpful to new parents. So before Gemiini, my son (who just turned 4) could not say the word "4" and could not count in order. After a week of watching Gemiini he started counting to 12 perfectly with a lot of "teen" approximations for the teens! Something has just lit up inside him. He was always a quiet child, timid with trying words as he knew they did not come out right. Now he is shining, naming everything he can, cheerfully trying new words, repeating everything he can, asking questions, pointing and naming, telling me things! The joy he has in this new-found skill that he now feels he can master is so beautiful to watch. Now my heart has lit up too! I feel I am getting to know him better as finally we can have basic conversations, he will try to tell me things, ask questions, make that connection with me. I am so happy, thank you Laura Kasbar and Gemiini team, giving my son the gift of speech is making him shine! Everyone is noticing, a ST who tested him just two months before was amazed (and that was after one month of watching), his grandmothers were stunned and friends notice. At first I just watched whatever jumped out at me. Now I am going through the QuickStart Curriculum. I took the first animal video and then added in some custom session things and some higher interest things for my son. Total video will be about 10-15 mins. Then mid week I will jumble the order around a bit. My kids don't love Gemiini, but will watch if it changes weekly and changes a little bit during the week. My kids refuse to watch it more than once in a sitting so we are only watching a video once through, and are only watching once or twice a day. We have never formally tested, but both kids will start repeating what they are seeing so I am calling it good. So we are not doing it to the recommended formula but I am saying this here to show that Gemiini still works even if you are worried that you are not using it right. Watch your children and figure out what works for them and trust your instincts. It is a fantastic tool. Thank you so much Gemiini team!