Loving Dad Starts Documenting Unique Habits Of His Autistic Son, And It Changes Their Lives

Beautiful

Our authistic son also like te smell everything: flowers, foid, driks, earth,... Beautiful photo!

This photograph, is my favorite.

the best!

Compression of their body calms many autistic people.

Yeah, I've always loved small enclosed spaces, I can block everything out and relax. A few months after receiving my second diagnosis I also found out that I have an aversion to yellow light and that's why I can't stay outside for long before getting headaches from over stimulation. I like to withdraw to small dark spots so much so, I've designed a fully enclosed computer cabinet that hopefully I can build one day.

There was an autistic kid that came to our pool when I was a lifeguard. He would go underwater smiling and stay under for so long that I had to watch him to make sure that he was OK. I heard that it had something to do with the pressure on her ears, but now I'm wondering if it had anything to do with stimuli, you can't hear much when you're underwater .

Not autistic but when I get very stressed it calms me to curl up in a snug space

This shot is so beautifully poignant, capturing the person seeking solace and peace from the outside world.

Nothing tragic about this young man.

Does he have any words for this picture? It would be interesting to hear them

Seems like everything is upside down, inside out after being born

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This is F****N CREEPY

I used to do this as a kid, too. I'm not on the Autism spectrum.

Oh I love doing this it’s so fun! I do it with my fidget tube

I have bi polor and when I was little I would breath in to the hose like that till I fall sleep its calming

this is just fun. who didn't do this as a kid?

It doesn't claim everything he does is unique. It's not meanty to be literal.

Wow, these are so powerful!

Makes my heart weep, but thankfully by use of photography, it seems it has brought down invisible barriers between father and child.

Damn thought it was blood for a sec, nearly had a heart attack

focus! i wonder if it's the sight or sound or both. my son has done this too though. totally normal kid stuff

I think this is my fav ♡

A unique view of the world. Bet he sees something different in each and every square

I get this, my son loves different visuals and looks at things at different angles.

We just feel safe in a net. I don't know why.

fabulous.... I wonder what That view looks like!

looking through stuff is great! i am a photographer and i never grew out of this one

That's one beautiful shot the calmness and natural comfort with nature-

talking to trees is the best therapy

I can't help but think of David Lynch and Twin Peaks' The Lark Woman. This photo somewhat gives Lunch's caracter a poetic dimension.

He probably hears the spirit of the wood! So special and beautiful!

Ahhh cool grass!

We've all been here, I think

My son who turns 32 at the end of the month sleeps like this ...I always want to put my arms around him and tell him it will be ok

Mine too!!! 😍😘 he s on the spectrum as well , great pics

I''m autistic and 23 years old. Haven't slept like that since I was seven. Seeing this made me remember how peacefully I slept back then...

This broke me. My son has autism and this is the position he'd be in after an episode at school while still in fear. I'llpray for both boys nightly now.

Btw James I will make sure that you cry anu tine you see my name. You just made me your worst nightmare. There are people out there that shiver when they see it... I have tongue so sharp that will make swprd castration seem like heaven.

yet another view of the world....

Outside looking in to an empty contained space. Where it was comfortable predictable

Very raw emotional photos, You captured the isolation but yet your son's connection with nature shines through at the same time <3

Heart breaking.

My so is naked mostly too. His clothing "hurts" him.