Hope From a Mom Who Was Told She’d Never Speak With Her Son

Michael, at left, and with his brother at right. This blog is from Michelle Mocini, who is a mom of two boys, one on the spectrum. Her son, Michael, 12, is unable to speak but has found his voice through hand-writing letters to his friends, family and school teachers. Our son Michael is 12 years old and attends school at Holland West in the autism program. He was diagnosed with severe autism at 3 years of age. The initial prognosis was grim. We were told he would never communicate and would only develop mentally to the equivalent of a 27 month old. We were told about our options and sent off with little hope other than trying to accept the reality of having a child that would require constant care for his entire life. My husband and I never accepted the label “severely autistic.” We continually looked for ways to help him grow. At age 6 he still did not speak and every method we had tried to get him to learn how to communicate failed. Our world grew smaller and smaller as the yea
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