FINN
Born September, 2007 was excepted into a residential placement (age 10) at The New England Center for Children a school for children with autism located 20 miles west of Boston in Southborough, Massachusetts. Finn's mother Alysia, father Jeff and older sister Annabel visit Finn on a weekly basis. “Portraits of Autism” follows Finn and his family as they embark on this new chapter.
Finn at Nine
here
Life with my brother
By Annabel Abbott Howe
(Age 12)
Stress, my brother was like a hovering raincloud
Raining bites
Lightening bites
Thundering pinches
To scar ones heart
Love, my brother was like an innocent alien
loving everyone,
Curious at the things you pass by
Happy when the world is not
To repair ones heart
But we could not control the raincloud
Goodbye brother
Life without my brother
Monday, Skype
I see my brothers face stuck on the screen, talk with no reaction
Like a distant memory
Talking to nothing
Hoping…
Sunday, a visit to his new home
I want to embrace him but my heart doesn't allow it
Stuck in a room
Watching love bottled up
Waiting…
Next Sunday, He visits his old home
I don’t listen to my heart I embrace him finally being his sister
Leading him through his old world
Feeling the joy of the alien
Loving…
Hello brother