August 27, 2021

Treasures

Cooper 3

I am doing a 25 days of autism photo challenge with Autism adventures with Alyssa on my Instagram page, Findingcoopersvoice. Today is day 19 for me.

‘Post a picture of your child with their treasures, or any item they love.’

Can we just all take a moment and acknowledge how incredibly cool these photos are.

Cooper adored putting his favorite treasures in lines. Now I’m not autistic so I can only speculate as to why he did it. To me it seemed like he wanted order in a crazy world. And he wanted everything he loved to surround him. We used to say he was making a nest around him.

This is his autism. Look. Observe. Learn. So much beauty in something so confusing.

He doesn’t make lines much anymore and I can honestly say I miss them.

So much beauty.

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Kate Swenson

Kate Swenson lives in Minnesota with her husband Jamie, and four children, Cooper, Sawyer, Harbor and Wynnie. Kate launched Finding Cooper's Voice from her couch while her now 11-year-old son Cooper was being diagnosed with autism. Back then it was a place to write. Today it is a living, thriving community of people who want to not only advocate for autism, but also make the world a better place for individuals with disabilities and their families. Her first book, Forever Boy, will be released, April 5, 2022.

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