Congrats to Shay West who won Autism's Hidden Blessings by Kelly Langston (HERE.)

Leave a comment to win one of two signed copies of a new book by Michele Pierce Burns, Danson: The Extraordinary Discovery of an Autistic Child’s Innermost Thoughts and Feelings. Read more at her website, Danson's Book (Click HERE to purchase a copy f rom Amazon.) 

"Danson is 9-years old, nearly non-verbal and autistic, these words are Danson's blessing for the world..."

This book represents a selection of Danson's writings from February 2008 to June 2008. Unless otherwise noted, all words were spelled out on his alphabet board. We considered whether to edit the misspellings in Danson's poetry and came to the conclusion that we should leave them as written to give the reader the most authentic sense of his work.

- Michele Pierce Burns

I saw a man in plain life making stars into gold for Mom….  (p.7)

Through these words and other poetic writings, a 9-year old child speaks.  Danson was diagnosed as “mentally retarded” and functioning at a 1.9 year old level just 2 years ago.  Miraculously, while being nearly non-verbal, he now communicates through the Rapid Prompting™ Method, by pointing to letters on an alphabet board.