Mike would frequently hit his head and bite his hand. He was never violent to anyone else. One doc thought he had Tourette’s Syndrome and that these actions were not behaviors, but rather “complex motor tics”.
I posted this watercolor back in 2016. I repost today as an example of expressing feelings in my paintings. My older brother Mike is autistic, low functioning and nonverbal. He would hit himself and bite his hand, presumably when he was frustrated. One of the doctors who saw him in his group home diagnosed him […]
