Posts with tag: "autism"
i don't believe this
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
i don't believe this

  For years my niece Molly didn't speak at all. She is autistic. For years I was dying to hear her beautiful voice. Then one day she finally spoke.  First a word, then a phrase, and then full sentences. She had a lot to say.  All that time in silence, she didn't choose to keep her words inside. They were trapped inside her sweet mind. Now that Molly has the ability to communicate through words, she says the things that the rest of us are thinking. The tables are turned and we are the ones keeping our words inside. I called the other day to speak to my sister, and Molly happened to be using her phone at the time. My guess is that I interrupted a video that she had ...