Helping Find Missing Autistics

I remember Damien getting lost once. He left his school and never made it home. It was raining. An hour after school let out, we found him wandering down a street that we did not even live close to oblivious that he was lost or that an hour had past. He was soaked and said, "I was sure home was around here somewhere." We only live about four blocks from the school. Although he is now 19 years old and is capable of driving. He still tends to lose his way from time to time. I am grateful that my friend, Denise, donated a GPS device for Damien to help him find his way.

Missing Autism Alerts

Class of 2014

My son, Damien Brown graduated today. Damien is a young man with autism, who was considered low-functioning when he was first diagnosed. Damien was fully special education when he started middle school at Clack. By the time he began Cooper High School, he was in all regular education classes with special ed supports. Damien graduated as a Texas Scholar and with AP credits. Damien is the editor of the Cooper Crest and a member of the Creative Writing Club. Damien plans on going on to college to become a psychologist. Damien has autism, but autism has never had him.

Face of Autism

Original Photography by ©Pamela N. Brown

Calamity

This is Damien's latest triumph. Damien, with two other classmates, wrote and acted out a play as a project for Theater Arts I. For a child with autism, who did not know and understand how to emote, he does significantly well in this little play due to his studies in Theater Arts. Enjoy!

UIL Journalism

Damien is off to his first UIL competition. He was approached by the school and asked to represent Cooper in journalism (editorial writing and headline writing). He has been studying so hard all week and seemed a bit nervous this morning. I don't know if it was because of the competition or the storm we had this morning. I am so proud that Damien is showing the world that a special education student can excel just as a typical student can. By the way, he's being placed in another AP course next year. Way to go, Bub, I'm really proud.

Damienism #49

"You know. When I was in kindergarten, I hated writing to celebrities and waiting for an answer. I wrote to George Washington and never got a letter back."

~ Damien A. Brown

Boy and His Cat

Original Photography by ©Pamela N. Brown