yes, quoting myself (narcissistic, much? haha). Just thought of something. Remember that Jodie Foster movie, "Nell" ? She plays an adult whom many think is either retarded, deaf or otherwise disabled in some fashion, and we come to learn much later in the film that she was raised in solitary by her mother who had suffered a stroke many years before, and therefore had a severe speech impediment. So "Nell" speaks in much the same manner as her mother had, in a way a child would learn "cockneye" from her childhood in certain parts of England. I am wondering if growing up listening to Cindy's disjointed speech patterns, Casey might have learned some disconnect in some form. I have no background in psychology or speech pathology, and certainly have no idea how to put my thoughts into clever words, but I'm hoping someone here can elaborate on this. If Cindy cannot form a proper sentence to express noun, subject, verb, predicate, thought, concept and idea, how can Casey grow up to say anything more than 'Absolutely', 'exactly', and giggle when she thinks is appropriate?