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It’s not easy to connect with people when you can’t talk. Or type. When you get so sensory overloaded you sometimes just want to run away or scream. And sometimes you do just that. Few can understand what it is like to be in an autistic body that you can’t control. That sometimes just goes off without warning. Especially around cupcakes. Gotta eat it. Or a lake. Gotta splash. It is difficult to attend anything in public. But we try. Ben is 17 and nonverbal. 1/3 of people with autism remain nonverbal. It’s the autism you don’t hear about on TV shows, or singing the anthem or at the White House. Ben’s autism is isolating but I know he doesn’t want to be alone. He sits at the edge of a grou
