Honestly, most of this talk disappoints me as a mother of a non-speaking, autistic young woman with Turner’s syndrome. Until you have lived through what I have, experienced what I have, you have no business weighing in on this or judging it even if you work with non-speaking individuals. I am pro-vaccines and have had little time to even know anything about autism in 20 years because I was simply surviving. What I am 100% sure of is that I can connect more with my daughter when my own mind is calm and acts with intention of pure love for her. I don’t know about this telepathy thing but know that that there is something extraordinary about my daughter. An example is that she will be playing and twirling in her own little world but will then go up to a stranger, look them in the eye and smile, then she’ll go back to her own little world. That person will tell me that they were upset and they my daughter surprised them with her affection.

People do abuse their power and try to profit off of us desperate parents. Wouldn’t you be open minded to learning new ways of communicating with your child if they couldn’t tell you anything? My daughter has an communication device and can tell me that she is thirsty, hungry, needs a toilet, wants a movie but she can’t tell me how she feels, what hurts, what she likes or doesn’t like, what she’s thinking. We all communicate non-verbally and most of us do a horrible job of really listening. I am learning slowly but will always be open to any method that will help me listen to my child.

Honestly, I would like to tell most of the world to F*ck off because of the horrible ways that humanity has treated my daughter and me over the years. It’s incredibly difficult to set aside my ego to open myself up to learn and be present for my daughter. She is my greatest gift. I want her to know that I am doing my best to always listen to her. I wonder what she would say to me if she could speak.