If he has thoughts that he could or would communicate given an actual method of augmentative or assistive communication that actually works, you are robbing him of that chance.

The mother of a non-communicative autistic child interprets her son’s random jabs as she would like… and for some reason (read: profit), the publishing world enables her delusion with “feel good” stories and a book deal.

The video presents a short but punchy cautionary tale about how communication (especially with the vulnerable) is precluded when we (as loved ones, journalists, and media consumers) fail to think critically (read: empathetically) about what we’re seeing.