Spirtual
Autism: Ignorance to Truth
Today Jake and I read and discussed The Top 10 Things You Should Know About Apraxia According to a Nonspeaker by Philip Reyes. Jake has struggled with so much "intensity" regarding his life circumstances that this piece deeply hit home. To finish we used a creative...
Winter to Spring
Today Jake was led by Katie through a creative writing experience using similes to describe the transition from winter to spring. Jake's finish to each prompt is in bold: Winter to Spring As cold as snow is most on my face.As new as having new hope. As bare as feeling...
Bare Trees in Winter (Jake’s Imagery Writing)
After looking at a variety of photos showing various landscapes of bare trees Jake described his sensations using imagery writing. His finish to each prompt is in bold:Bare Trees in Winter:I see most interesting good friends more clearly.I hear most nice kind of...
Reality Not As Awful – Always Love is Better Than Hate
Reality Not As Awful - Always Love Is Better Than Hate"Story of My Life" 2023 (age 27)Love has so many friends to support non-speaking autistics like me. Love is the most important interest in my heart.Not most get to have control over my own body. Need so much...
Conversation About Healthy Eagerness Life Same As Others
Jake and I were about to get started with our table work when I noticed he was pacing around the living room (decorated for Christmas) and trying to hide that he was fighting back tears. I asked if he needed five minutes, and he said verbally "five more minutes." Once...
Red Leaf (Jake’s Imagery Writing)
Today we finished a lesson called A Census of Senses about the science of sensations and how there are actually way more than the 5 basic senses. We both found it interesting to think about, and to end our session we went back to the basics by prompting Jake's imagery...
Need to Stay More Reality in the Real Time
(Note from mom: Jake's been struggling this past month, a beloved member of our family who Jake loves dearly has had some major health struggles and is now in hospice care. This may have instigated the emotional setback, but I hope and pray we are on an upswing....
New Talking Friends
Over the weekend my husband and I had some friends over to visit. A couple of these friends had met Jake once, and the other couple were meeting Jake for the first timeNow that I understand Jake's condition (severe autism) being mainly full body apraxia explains so...
An Interesting Conversation About Autism as a Beginning
Our routine when we start working is to read a devotion and Jake comments on the letter board so I can write his comments in the lines below. Here was what we read and what his comment was today:They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged...
Blue (Jake’s Imagery Writing)
Jake whipped through a math session today, so to end our RPM session he chose to do an imagery writing exercise (as taught to us by Katie Masotti). This is where Jake describes something with his five senses. Just for fun, we are exploring the colors in this format,...