Communicator's Corner

Jamie B.

Taken from: Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone

"When i was growing up, speaking was so frustrating. I could see the words in my brain but then I realized that making my mouth move would get those letters to come alive, they died as soon as they were born. What made me feel angry was to know that I knew exactly what I was to say and my brain was retreating in defeat.

"It’s frustrating not being able to speak and feeling as a mostly invisible being. ….That’s how I felt. My clothes were there, but the body and the soul felt like nothing. How can you live a life getting treated as that?"

pp 250-251