Mike-Related Watercolor: Windup to Self Harm (2014)
Mike had this habit (motor tic?) of winding up and slamming his arm onto his chest.
Tag Archives: Brother Michael
Comic: I’m My Own Worst Enemy (circa 2011)
I made a small comic book a couple of years before I started my blog. The original mission of my blog was to document my experience as the sibling of my older autistic, low functioning, nonverbal brother. I had a lot of writings, photographs, sketches and thoughts to share, which you can see in my […]
Mike’s Eyes, Now Closed
Mike is still with us or, (more accurately) with himself. Mike is my older autistic brother, who is autistic and low functioning. During most of his life he was inwardly directed, although he would take your hand sometimes, to get you to open a door to go where he wanted, or to direct you to […]
Mike’s Lifeline
This is one of the layered, complex (overdone?) sketches of Mike’s* situation. * Mike is my older brother (autistic, nonverbal and low functioning). He has been on a ventilator for more than a year. Now, it seems, he cannot be safely removed.
