Category: autism

Please, Kid, Stop Eating

This is the kid who I was afraid would never be able to express his wants and needs.

For the parent to a non-verbal child, social pleasantries can take on a different feel. They may be social, but they aren’t pleasant.

The more he has learned to use his communication device, the more he has been seeing it as an easy way to score pizza.

That was the plan…until noon. Suddenly, she remembered that we had movies and ice cream at home.

When his face lights up, it lifts my spirits in ways I never thought possible.

The things I do for my son aren’t done for his recognition, appreciation, or even attention. They’re done because I love him.

My son may have never said a word to me, but we have spoken in so many more ways than that.

I refuse to leave him sitting in the living room.

Just because I don’t know why he reacts a certain way to something, that doesn’t mean I can’t support him during it.

These seemingly “ruined” photos used to cause me grief. Now, I see them for what they truly are…