Our autism journey — 8X10 acrylic painting. I paint with my son Owen who has autism. He helps me paint the backgrounds with a hand over hand method working on his fine motor skills and then I paint the rest. The signature on our paintings tells our story as much as the painting itself…

our autism journey — The day felt rushed before I even got out of bed. I pushed myself to be as quiet as I could so I didn’t wake Owen up. I prayed I could go through all the steps to get back to my bed with my cup of coffee and let him…

Our autism journey —

our autism journey — “Tablet,” I heard about an inch from my nose. I had been in and out for at least an hour at this point, listening to see if I heard Owen. I had fallen back to sleep and it was after five. Our Friday night victory happened. He had passed by…

Our autism journey —

our autism journey — A very sleepy boy this morning but ready for his activities, brick house, fire hydrant, and grandma time tomorrow. Owen had a lot of opinions this morning but he was happy to get dressed and out to wait on that bus. We were waiting for the bus to come and…

Our autism journey —

our autism journey — It was a pretty calm morning for Owen. He has been easing back into his routine after the holiday and he was excited about his day ahead. He loves his Thursdays. Since I told him about the Christmas event on Saturday he keeps talking about going to all the activities…

Our autism journey — 8X10 acrylic painting. I paint with my son Owen who has autism. He helps me paint the backgrounds with a hand over hand method working on his fine motor skills and then I paint the rest. The signature on our paintings tells our story as much as the painting itself…