Rethinking Communication guide to advanced dementia

a possibility of those actions being meaningful that I want to engage. Most people do believe this, consciously or subconsciously. This is why so many adults, even strangers, are quick to engage with babies. That’s lucky, because if adults don’t engage, then some of the remarkable things that occur in development would fail to happen. The baby would never learn to talk; never experience the feeling of sharing an emotion; would have less self-awareness or awareness of others. Most importantly, the baby would never feel fully, vitally human.