The weather continues boiling, but I am holed up in my room with the portable aircon so I'm ok. As long as I don't move. It's the first heatwave of the year so we're finding out who's outgrown their summer clothes etc.

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Amazing!!! He's a great writer. Have you read or heard of HAPPINESS FALLS by Angie Kim? It's a novel but one of the primary characters is so-called "non verbal" and the interrogation of this designation is a major theme. Really good stuff. Again -- congrats to your son!

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Great letter. I experienced the opposite problem. People labelled me as high functioning so my struggles were always interpreted as me being willfully stubborn or lazy and being punished. High and low functioning labels hurt all of us. Thank your son for sharing his voice 😊

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When we create something & lose track of time doing so, the levels of 3 brain biochemicals shift significantly,alleviating anxiety,lifting mood & conferring a natural high. I filmed myself painting these before the pandemic👇🏼. Haven’t painted in years due to mental illness but my brain needs this…

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We progressed to corn stalks, if our paper straw efforts were good enough! I remember having to soak them to make them pliable, not brittle, and the particular smell they had.

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