April 29, 2015 Lost patiently and past hope are tens of thousands of nonverbal autistics. They have given up hope that anyone will find them in the cold isolation of their condition. Leaping almost destructively from the legal analysis applied … Continue reading →
Quiet, quite rich longing wistfully waits within the souls and expressions of parents and children when autism masks the child’s true presence. Ignorance and assumptions lower both into silos where communication is replaced by mourning for the parents and loss of self … Continue reading →
I was asked to advise a Mom whose son may be diagnosed by doctors as autistic last week. Here’s what I typed: (Caps original to emphasis) for her, “Take a deep and awesome breath. With ANY DIAGNOSIS COMES “TRUTH” FROM ANOTHER, … Continue reading →
Dad asked me, “What do you say about where wants and selfishness come from?” Here’s my response: Wants are from seeing ourselves each differently from each other. With tasting the amazing differences in life, we say “some are loaded with … Continue reading →
Quietly, in a time of idle relaxation for successful farmers in the Tara-style mansions of western Russia, a winter was setting in. What these landowners could not know was that this winter would be their last. For generations they had … Continue reading →
All that I learned seemingly hit or miss is part of the story, as is everything I really will think to express as I sadly leave the comfort and security of dependence. Axing old ways of taking life expectantly and … Continue reading →
Taking another’s time was Henry’s way quite predictably and regularly of mixing up the schedule and sending aides and teachers amazingly back to their calendars for review of where they were. Teachers thought something was wrong as he screamed and … Continue reading →
My life happens in communication and in my impact on others. It is not alive in the stories I make up. I am powerful when I touch, move and inspire others. Communication only started with Poorman. Look out world. John … Continue reading →
It is estimated that 110,000 people nationwide, including a number of severely autistic children and young adults like myself, are trapped in unresponsive bodies. Being trapped, we are unable to communicate without a trained expert to discover us. We can’t tell our … Continue reading →
Enrique’s Journey, by Sonia Nazario, published by Random House Trade Paperbacks, Random House, Inc., New York, copyright 2006 A Report by John Smyth, April 22, 2012 This story relates in amazing detail the travels of young men and women to … Continue reading →
The way autism happened for me was slowly. When I was little, I remember that wanting things when I did was harder and harder to communicate. All ways to call were affected. Sometimes really looking was hard. When I wanted … Continue reading →
