After repeating a word I said, he ran across the room and then back. I was holding some picture cards of things which my son with autism was familiar with. He would identify the object in the picture after a lot of prompts and then run every time, like it was some kind of a […]
Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin
How can you help someone you can’t even understand? When it started becoming apparent that my son’s condition was autism, I was somehow lost in ‘Holland’, so to speak. One of the first books that gave me an eye view of what’s ‘inside’ a person with autism is Dr. Temple Grandin’s book “Thinking in Pictures”, […]
Joy in Suffering
It was one of those dreadful not-so-ordinary days. My son with autism was graduating from preschool and I had to bring him to the venue of his ‘yearbook’ photoshoot. For starters, he had to wear something he doesn’t normally wear: polo, necktie, slacks and leather shoes. Having to fit these prior to the day of […]