28/08/2025
A Day with No Words 🥰
My son is 18 and Nonspeaking. We had a late start to the AAC and Spelling game. This was due to a long line of schools, therapists, and “experts” who told us it wasn’t possible. He wouldn’t learn to have meaningful communication. He was too “severe.”
But they were wrong.
We gave him an iPad. We modeled. We made “no talk days.” We learned to speak his language.
That journey became A Day with No Words. It became a viral post. It became a New York Times Bestseller. At the top. Above Eric Carle. And a book about Taylor Swift.
Not every child will speak. Not every child will type. Not every child will communicate the same way.
But every method is valid. Speech. Typing. Pointing. Gestures. AAC.
AAC is not a last resort.
AAC is not “too hard.”
AAC is not giving up.
AAC is a voice.
And every person deserves one.
My son is still on his journey to reliable communication. It takes time. It takes patience. It takes belief.
My son is still working toward it — but his voice matters now.in every form it takes.
I want the world to know whatever method he lands on; it will be just as valid as speech.
That’s what A Day with No Words is about. It’s about modeling, learning, listening, and valuing communication in all its forms.
This story — our story — is being rereleased with a brand-new look + audiobook.
[You know that thing you do when you buy something before it is supposed to be for sale? That thing? Well, that thing means a lot to authors like me, but it means a lot to publishers because they know how many orders to put in and they are more inclined to supporting any future works of mine. So, you can do that thing where you buy things before they go on sale with the information that can be found in that place where you write back to me on each post.]
photo id: Aidan, Black teen, wearing a blanket hoodie, glasses, Mandalorian pajama pants and sitting on cream colored couch reading the book his mama wrote about him as it sits in his lap.
