Brayden

Brayden
Brayden expresses himself through RPM ( Rapid Prompting Method) by spelling out his thoughts on a letter board. His parents transcribe for him and put everything he spells out in capital letters. He has worked hard with his parents to be able to have open communication for the first time in his life through RPM. Follow Brayden on facebook. https://www.facebook.com/LifewithaBoyNamedBrayden/?ref=tn_tnmn

Thursday 26 November 2015

SNOW

SNOW IS FRESHLY NEW.
BEAUTIFUL SNOW WHITE VIEWING.
MAKE MY EYES SPARKLE.

Wednesday 25 November 2015

DEAR AUTISM MOMS

DEAR AUTISM MOMS

I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD THAT YOUR CHILD HAS AUTISM.  IT IS A GIFT TO HAVE AUTISM.  YOUR CHILD IS SO INCREDIBLY INTELLIGENT THAT EVERYONE WILL BE JEALOUS.  YOU HAVE BEEN HAND PICKED TO HAVE YOUR SPECIAL AUTISTIC CHILD.  IT MAY SEEM LIKE A CURSE BUT IT IS NOT.  A SPECIAL, DEVOTED, CARING, BEAUTIFUL, FANTASTIC MOMS AND DADS DESERVE A CHILD WITH AUTISM.  THERE ARE SO MANY AUTISTIC'S THAT DON'T HAVE A VOICE.  I WAS ONE OF THOSE AUTISTIC'S.  I WAS IN A SILENT PRISON IN HELL.  I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE IN IT FOREVER.  I HAD NO WAY OF ESCAPING.  I WAS MISUNDERSTOOD EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF MY 7 YEARS OF MY LIFE.  IT WAS HELL ON EARTH.  GOD BLESS MY PARENTS HEARTS.  THEY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT AUTISM.  THEY WERE PLAYING THE GUESSING GAME ALL THE TIME WITH ME.  I REMEMBER SCREAMING IN MY HEAD NO THAT'S NOT IT.  BUT MY BODY WOULD DO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.  THEY WOULD GUESS RIGHT ACCORDING TO MY BODY BUT WRONG TO MY MIND.  BUT THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT I HAD A BRAIN AND BODY DISCONNECT.  THAT WAS SO DEPRESSING AND I HAD GIVEN UP ON A HAPPY LIFE.
IT WASN'T UNTIL MY MOM STARTED TO RESEARCH RAPID PROMPTING METHOD(RPM).  WE TRAVELED TO AUSTIN TEXAS IN DECEMBER 2014.  I ATTENDED SOMA'S HALO CAMP.  THAT FIRST DAY AT HALO CAMP CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER.  I COULD FINALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO A MEANINGFUL LIFE.  A DREAM I HAD ALWAYS DREAMED.  I THOUGHT IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE.  I WAS SO THANKFUL FOR MY AMAZING PARENTS TO HAVE HELPED ME FIND MY VOICE AND TO HAVE NEVER GIVEN UP HOPE ON ME.
MY MOM HAS ENDURED SO MUCH HURT TRYING TO HELP ME WITH MY AUTISM.  NO MOM SHOULD HAVE TO FIGHT SO HARD FOR THEIR CHILD TO BE ACCEPTED BY SOCIETY.  IT IS NOT FAIR.  BUT I AM HAPPY TO HAVE A WARRIOR AUTISM MOM LIKE MY MOM.  I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE WARRIOR AUTISM MOMS OUT THERE FIGHTING FOR THEIR KIDS.  THAT MAKES ME HAPPY THAT THOSE KIDS HAVE WARRIOR MOMS AND WARRIOR DADS LIKE I HAVE.
RPM HAS CHANGED MY LIFE COMPLETELY.  I AM NOW BEING TAUGHT INTERESTING THINGS AT MY HOMESCHOOL AND AT SCHOOL AS WELL.  I CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.  I AM ADVOCATING FOR MYSELF.  I AM FINALLY A HAPPY BOY.  I LIVE A MEANINGFUL LIFE THAT I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD NEVER HAVE.  I HAVE A BEST FRIEND, FOX.  HE IS SO UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTS ME FOR ME.  YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER FRIEND THAN HIM.
I HOPE YOU MOMS TAKE HOME ONE THING FROM TODAY.
TO NEVER GIVE UP HOPE, THAT YOUR AUTISTIC CHILD HAS A THINKING MIND, THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON AROUND THEM, THEY ARE SO INTELLIGENT AND THAT THEY ARE SAD THAT THEY CAN'T EXPRESS THEMSELVES OR COMMUNICATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CAROLINE AND YOU AUTISM WARRIOR MOMS FOR TAKING TIME TO COME HERE AND TO HEAR FOX AND I SPEAK.
WE ARE ON A MISSION TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT RPM AND HELPING OTHER AUTISTIC'S FIND THEIR VOICES TOO.

Here is the link to Fox's speech

http://foxtalkswithletters.blogspot.ca/2015/11/amazing-day.html?spref=fb&m=1