The Brilliant Mind of an Autistic Child

My future goal is to work with children in the classroom. I have altered everything in my life to obtain this goal from leaving my good job to even selling my house. I have a part time gig right now teaching art in various schools, summer camps, and after school programs. This week I have been teaching at a summer camp, they did not tell me that there were going to be children with Autism and Down Syndrome at the camp. Honestly I was apprehensive since I have never in my life worked with children in this capacity.

During the week these pieces of artwork kept getting left in my room after the busy day was over. I thought it was the teenage helpers that I had. The next day in class Trent, and autistic child, who was about to turn five years old was working on his artwork. I quickly realized who was leaving the mysterious masterpieces in my room every day. This boy was amazing! He never spoke a word. When you were teaching he seemed as though he could not hear a word you were saying. Trent heard everything he following each direction to the “T.” His memory was uncanny. Trent could draw anything he saw - - anything - - even if he only saw it one time. I would show a picture and he could replicate it in a heartbeat…. I do not know anything about autistic children, but this experience has made me want to understand. The last day I had Trent in my class he drew a picture for me and handed it to me on his way out. Even though Trent never verbally expressed himself to me that one moment was truly special.
Thank You Trent For Showing Me Something So Beautiful
Gracias Trent por demostrarme algo tan especial
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