Everyone experiences happiness and sorrow anger joy fear surprise loneliness. Kids on the spectrum feel just as deeply but they often sound different have more issues with confidence and they don't know what comes after 'hi' making their ability to focus and succeed in social situations hard. With Marston I'd start every morning believing today was the day he was going to look into my eyes and really want me. He'd reach for me smile for the first time. Walk. He'd say 'Mama' 'Daddy' or even 'ball.' By 1998 when he turned three I'd uttered that same old prayer a thousand times and I was more determined than ever to shatter the glass wall that separated my son from the rest of the world. Autism wasn't widely talked about back then and Facebook (networking) didn't exist. Eric and I were on our own. This memoir is our journey of educating Marston through programs like The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential Vision Therapy the Tomatis® Method Marion Blank's approach to reading hypotherapy balloon dancing and the list goes on...until we discovered stem cell replacement therapy. Love faith hard work and teamwork have taught Marston how to strike up a Language: English