I brought my son Max to a neurophysiologist’s office for an evaluation. If you aren’t familiar with a “neuropsych eval,” it is a two-hour process in which you must: 1) Sit 2) Remain sitting 3) Give the allusion that you are paying attention while you remain sitting. Back then, when Max was nine years old, and already years into the diagnosis of autism, fulfilling any of these three … [Read more...]
Words of Life and the Fig Tree
He was shuffling around in the parking lot as I pulled into the office early one morning. Before I got out of the car, he wandered over and was standing by my door, obviously waiting for me to get out of my vehicle. I nodded to him and said hello as I headed to our office’s front door. He followed me curiously and noticed our name on the door. He asked me “What is Rising Above … [Read more...]
DUMB…The Power of Words Rooting
“…will she always look DUMB...” Those words were like nails running down a chalk board. We were shocked. Before I proceed, you need to understand the background. Fayth, our daughter with Down syndrome, was just 6 months old at the time. We had traveled out to California for Christmas to be with my family. Fayth was also only 3 months out of her open-heart surgery. To put it lightly, my wife … [Read more...]