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I am free (1)

Acceptance, the key out of my prison. PART 1 (OF 4) This is a translation of the original blog written in Afrikaans. Anxiety is no longer my prison. Anxiety has always been my biggest enemy. He is no more. My anxiety about my inability to show that I am a human being, with a brainContinue reading “I am free (1)”

EK IS VRY (1)

Angs is nie meer my tronk nie. Ek was ‘n slaaf van vrees. My aanvaarding van myself was ‘n belangrike stap op hierdie pad na Vryheid. My hart is rustig oor my verlede en my pad vorentoe.

A lot has changed since I can communicate.

April 2022 Please note: I am still non-speaking. Here follows a translation of a blog originally written in Afrikaans by Nicolaas This holiday was all so different from what it was in the years I couldn’t communicate that it’s hard for me to believe that this is not just a beautiful dream I’m living. BeingContinue reading “A lot has changed since I can communicate.”

Baie het verander vandat ek kan kommunikeer

April 2022 Hierdie vakansie was alles so anders as wat dit was in die jare wat ek nie kon kommunikeer het nie, dat dit vir my moeilik is om te glo dat hierdie nou nie net ‘n mooi droom is wat ek belewe nie. Om na partytjies te kan gaan en met ander mense teContinue reading “Baie het verander vandat ek kan kommunikeer”

I love school

A fun day for me, is a day filled with learning new things. When my brain is occupied, my body is much calmer than when I am bored. To have a calm body is absolute bliss.

The best day in my life.

I have been wishing to go to a normal school for as long as I can remember. To actually have that dream come true is the best thing that ever happened to me since being able to communicate. I am so overjoyed. I am still hoping that other non-speaking children will also get this kind of opportunity to proper education.

Now it’s 2022’s turn.

Communication changed my life. My dreams come true. But now I can start dreaming new dreams that I could never even think about. Kommunikasie het my lewe verander. My drome word waar. Maar nou kan ek al nuwe drome begin droom wat ek nooit eers oor kon dink nie.

2021’s most beautiful things

This year has not been a good year, it has been an excellent year. Thinking like that about the past year, is a good thing for me because there is so much to be thankful for

Nou moet ons vorentoe.

She tried hard to communicate with me. I tried hard to communicate with her.
The harder we tried to reach each other, the greater our frustration with our failures became.
If we then knew what we know now, things would have been so different, but we did not have the knowledge we have now.
We love each other, have learned, felt guilty, forgiven each other and now we are on the way forward.

MY WORDS ARE BEAUTIFULL

My words have always been in my head, but it was only after starting to use S2C, that everyone now knows of my words that can not get out of my mouth. My words have always been in my head, but it was only after starting to use S2C, that everyone now knows of my words that can not get out of my moutTo say that my life has gotten better since I can communicate is not right. I only live since I can communicate.h.