by Jake McClintick | Jan 6, 2023 | Autism, Spiritual, Story of My Life by Jake
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....
by Tara McClintick | Dec 8, 2021 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Spiritual
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...
by Jake McClintick | Aug 16, 2021 | Autism, Spiritual, Story of My Life by Jake
(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...
by Jake McClintick | Jun 7, 2021 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Spiritual
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...
by Jake McClintick | May 21, 2021 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Spiritual
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...
by Tara McClintick | Apr 1, 2021 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Spiritual
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. Proverbs 31:9 Jake and I pondered Proverbs 31:9 and the following was his conclusion of that lesson: Jake Pleads the Cause for His Autism Friends Helpers that have an understanding heart....
by Tara McClintick | Apr 1, 2021 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Spiritual
Jake had to choose between math, writing a letter to someone, writing a story entry or having a casual conversation, or a Psalm and Proverbs lesson from the book by Lenae Crandall He chose the Psalms and Proverbs lesson so we started lesson #2 which was on Proverbs...
by Jake McClintick | Mar 5, 2021 | Autism, Books and Poetry, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Poems by Jake, Poetry Powers, Spiritual
To end our RPM session today Jake chose to do an imagery writing exercise (as taught to us by Katie Masotti) where Jake describes something with his five senses. Just for fun, we are exploring the colors in this format, and red is the 1st color we tried. (Click on...
by Jake McClintick | Nov 20, 2020 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Spiritual
I asked Jake if he wanted mom to give choices (m) or if he had an idea of what we could work on today (J). He touched the J. Here’s what followed: Mom(Tara/Me): OK, great, what’s your idea? Jake: Only most might get interested in favorite characters...
by Tara McClintick | Nov 19, 2020 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Spiritual
Today Jake refused to put his pants on. I wasn’t sure why, but know sometimes he needs a little extra time before he’s ready to get dressed I didn’t push it. When his dad asked him again to put on the sweatpants I had brought downstairs for him, he...
