Eden is 13, autistic and non-speaking. For the first time in his life he asked us to take him for a drive, by moving our hands to the doors.
At ten months old my son Eden started flicking cups, over and over. Looking back, it was our first sign of autism. He was diagnosed at two and a half.
Photos of my son Eden, autistic and non-speaking, from fifteen months to his first day of high school, and a call for families to share their story.
My son Eden is non-verbal. Walking home from the park he held my hand and squeezed it when I talked to him. Sometimes love doesn’t need words.
Noise stopped my autistic son getting on his school bus. I asked the builders to stop for five minutes. They did it every morning for four months.
Eden is 13, autistic and non-speaking. The day he greeted me home from school for the first time, after eleven years of waiting. A dad’s story.