If you ever wondered...

[and really, anybody that knows, loves and/or cares for a child with autism SHOULD be wondering about this..]

what it is like to live in our day to day world with significantly altered sensory perceptions, then you need to pay close attention to the first few minutes of this video (it will take a while to load). If I experienced the world like that on a daily basis, I'd be running away screaming too...

The remainder of the video speaks to a project that is near and dear to my heart (and yes, I am honored to call several of the people featured in this video FRIENDS).

And if you made it through watching this entire video (I still cannot without crying.... even after having seen it umpteen million times), please consider a donation to this group. Plans for all that's talked about in the video are coming together nicely, what we need now is MONEY.


P.S. If the passionate testimony of the moms featured in the video above doesn't make you want to do something, then maybe this scary graphic will.

Be afraid, be very afraid, as in 5 to 10 years all these kids will be all grown up. And then what?

[yes, that's the kind of sh#t that keeps me awake at night. I am fortunate that Salamander is very high functioning and responding very well to his treatment plan, but even for him I worry about employability, and just basic life skills as in how to stay clean, how to stay healthy, how to stay safe...]