Category: autism

Why I Support Autism Awareness For My Non-Verbal Son

The world might be aware of the term “autism”, they’re not aware of my son and what makes him special.

Nonverbal and in the full throes of a meltdown, he was done with the Waffle House.

My quarantine means I will miss my boy’s birthday.

What do you want, bud? Why are you staring at me like that?

Nonverbal autism started with nevers before redefining milestones.

Just because someone has the ability to say words, doesn’t mean they should always be speaking.

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.