I happened to turn on the T.V. the other day when a show about Autism was in progress. It was on a channel I never watch. I was about to switch to the show I wanted to watch when I realized it was a documentary about 3 teenage boys with Autism. I was intrigued. Each of the boys had different issues and challenges. The one that fascinated me the most was the story of Jeremy. Jeremy was 16 and non verbal. He attended a regular high school but didn’t have friends because he was unable to communicate with them.
As the story unfolded, Jeremy learned to communicate by pointing to letters on a card to spell out his message. I was fascinated to see Jeremy spell very quickly, without even looking at the paper. An aide held the alphabet card out to his side while Jeremy looking straight ahead, typed each sentence. It was amazing.