"Please and Thank You"

Most parents and educators want children to have good manners when requesting items. However, words like "Please" and "Thank You" are very abstract and difficult for all children, and especially children with autism, to understand when they are they are first learning to talk. As well, when first starting out with signed-communication, you will only be introducing single words. All children learn to speak using single words before they can put two words together. Asking a child who has limited expressive language with verbal or signed words to jump from using single words to two is an unreasonable expectation.
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The Sign "Window"

Where

and how you sign is as important at the actual hand-shape of your sign. Signs are usually created in a "window" from your head to your torso. There are few exceptions to this rule. Using this window allows people who are communicating to regard each other’s faces, as they would if they were speaking verbally. Using areas outside of this window is distracting, impractical, and not a natural way to communicate.