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 | 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...
