Have Courage

When you are nonverbal, it takes unbelievable strength to leave your home, where it’s safe and people understand you, to go out into the world.

Imagine people not listening to you. Looking at them. Needing something. But the words don’t come out. Just screams. Grunts.

You know what you want.

It’s pretty simple to you.

A drink of water. A specific show on your Kindle.

Or imagine your ear hurts. Or the noise is too loud. It’s so obvious. But people just stare.

So you scream some more. Frustration rises. Even anger. Because it’s simple to you.

Why don’t they understand?

So eventually, you stop trying to communicate. You learn to cope. Adjust.

You trust that the world will be kind. You learn to manage.

I try to remind myself how brave this kid is. He’s living in a world that doesn’t understand him. And doing pretty darn well at it.

Have courage every day. And remember, sometimes courage is as simple and as complicated as leaving the house.

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