Autism Awareness Month

I work with children with autism, so I wanted to bring it to everyone's attention, that April is Autism Awareness Month. For more information on how to get involved, go to http://www.autism-society.org/.

I also wrote a poem awhile back about some of the children that I work with, and have worked with in the past. Many people with autism are non-verbal, or have very limited communication skills. I wrote this for them~

The Interpreter

In my dreams

sometimes they speak

as if they did it everyday

Voices so smooth and effortless

that I forget to listen to the words

Eyes that seem to stare

into a vast and hollow void

Spinning objects in revolutions

of endless delight

Fingers that flicker and eyes

that look away

My heart tries to hear

what they cannot say

and in my dreams

sometimes they speak

Angela Minard 2010©