Beautiful

Compression of their body calms many autistic people.

Nothing tragic about this young man.

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

Wow, these are so powerful!

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

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

Ahhh cool grass!

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

yet another view of the world....

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

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

My girl who is also autistic, paints my nails and does make up and my hair. Love it,, but I sometimes forget I have it on me so I go grocery shopping with 20 pins/clips in my hair. I'm a 40 year old man, and my wife doesn't warn me before I leave the house.

I did this because I could feel sounds

I love when holes in things fit my face right like that :)

Incredibly strong image

Cute.

I've done that so many times as a kid!

My 15 yr old son is autistic. Every autistic person finds their own way to interact with and cope with the world. I wish I could be my son for even one day, so I could better understand how he perceives the world. I know it is a constant struggle for him, but I dont know why. He can speak, but cannot put into words how he feels. I STILL search for the way that I might be able to help to ease his burden, but each time I have tried, I only make things worse or frustrate him. Thank you for sharing these very personal moments with us.

This may not be, but I feel like he is uncomfortable with the overcast. I'm very sensory, and overcast is unbearable.

My nephew has played with tools since he was 2. He's now 6, and was recently diagnosed as high functioning autistic. Tools are his love language. :)

To me, one of the interesting things is that I've done all of those at least a couple times when I was a kid. I presume that Elijah does it a lot more, but it makes the point that autism can be part of the normal human variation -- sure, pretty far off on one end of the bell curve, definitely different than most of us, but still within the normal range of human experience.