#APAC2025: Presenting at Asia-Pacific Autism Conference on the Key to Mitigating Autism Meltdowns.
At the Asia-Pacific Autism Conference 2025 in Perth, Australia (#APAC2025), I sought to be my profoundly autistic son's voice in highlighting the need to respect his profound neurodivergence. This includes recognizing that his nonverbal communication is his native language — expressing his emotions with his body, rather than his words. This expression is integral to his nature. We need to level our communication playing field to connect with them authentically and help allev
Non-Verbal Autism: What Does Emotional Wellness Look Like?
This video is a validation of our self-formulated EpiEco© — the Non-Verbal Autistic Individual as the Epicenter of the Ecosystem. This approach prioritises the emotional wellness of the NVA by acknowledging their distinctive autistic functioning, which impacts how they experience our world and the way they communicate and socialise. Moreover, it highlights that we have been building and sustaining an Ecosystem that caters to the interests and well-being of Sebastien who is it
Sebastien's Meltdown: Parenting a Proudly Non-Verbal Autistic Adult
Amidst a wonderful holiday, Sebastien, my autistic son, smacked my face and head so hard and so fast 3–4 times that I never saw it coming.
EpiEco: A New Approach for Autism Care
That’s why we developed EpiEco (Autistic Individual as the EPIcenter of the ECOsystem) -- an approach that is responsive to autistic persons
"What is Autism Really?" Video Series Launch Event — June 3, 2023, Punggol Regional Library
About the Event This special event is a launch of A Mother's Wish's five-part “What is Autism Really?” video series. The aim of the video...
Serialization of Where Does My Autistic Son Belong? Chapter 19: Rocky Start
This post features Chapter 19 of my 25-chapter book, Where Does My Autistic Son Belong? (Links to all other chapters are below) A Special...
Working with Purpose: For My Autistic Son's Sanctuary
It's been a LONG while, since I've written a blog post or even continued with my serialisation of my book, Where Does My Autistic Son...
Playing "Monster" Peekaboo with My Son, an Autistic Young Man
by Choo Kah Ying Recently, when I released a 17-page illustrated e-book, entitled Beautiful Monster (SGD6; see a short video of the book...
Week 17 of Serialization of Where Does My Autistic Son Belong? Chapter 17 The First 7 Days
From time to time, I will hear from parents who have apparently been following my serialization rather closely. It is always a nice...
Transforming the Eye of the Beholder to "See" the Autistic Individual in an Amazing Light
Painting Series by Jean-Sebastien Choo, Self-taught Autistic Artist, #22 by Choo Kah Ying Transforming the Eye of the Beholder (12 x 9...
