Many thanks to you who read Part 1 of my book proposal and to those who responded with comments and suggestions. In Part 1 of my proposal I noted: The provisional title – My Brother Michael; The goal – share my experience as a sibling of a low functioning, nonverbal autistic individual; A synopsis of […]
Many of you who follow my blog are aware that my older brother Michael has been a profound influence on my life. He is autistic, nonverbal and very low functioning. Since 1989, Mike’s 40th birthday, I took hundreds of rolls of film of him in his group home, on outings and at his Day Program. […]
I don’t exactly know why, but this phrase came into my head today: “Sweet Flypaper of Life”. Flypaper? Flypaper by itself is not that attractive – well, to people anyway. In fact, it can be downright revolting after it catches all those flies. It is even more horrifying if the proprietor hangs it too low […]
Photography class I was re-reading my journal notes from 1992, at which time I took a photography class from Mary Ellen Mark. She is the photographer whose assignment to me was to spend 24 hours with my brother, Mike. She seemed to think that Michael had a personality, after reviewing my work. This was a surprise to […]
