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 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 | 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...
by Jake McClintick | Nov 16, 2020 | Autism, Spiritual, Story of My Life by Jake
Only Have Hope New, Most Exciting Heart My Soul “Story of My Life” Year 3 Not so hard lately, more hope than ever before! Still eager to not hear hateful things in my mind. God is giving me awareness that not need to interest my soul (with) most...
by Tara McClintick | Oct 26, 2020 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Spiritual
To start our sessions now I usually give Jake the option of choosing what we will do (i.e.”do you have an idea for today?”) or if he wants me to give him choices. Today he pointed to the “J” on the letter board indicating had an idea, so I...
by Tara McClintick | Aug 24, 2020 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom
Today I asked Jake if he wanted to choose what we worked on or if he’d rather me give him some options. He said he wanted to choose. Then on the letter board he spelled out, “Most have healthy heart, not interested in hate.” “Ok,” I said,...
by Tara McClintick | Mar 21, 2019 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom
Jake and I have been practicing having casual conversations via the letter board. Since he was not able to converse for the first two decades of his life, I figured practicing would be a good idea. Here I numbered a list of 24 common casual conversation topics. I had...
