MARINA AND PORPHYRIS.

The 34-year-old Porphyry said his last words when he was 12 years old and since then no one has heard a word out of his mouth again. He came to Patras for a few days from far away. On the very second day, his "first" words appeared again to me, which his mother could not recognize. But now... he doesn't miss a single one! Before I can turn my head to point out the word her son just said, she has already called it out to me. And I'm carrying it out by doing what I'm LITERALLY, now, being asked by Porphyry. I go to the other room to get the "materials" for our session. On my return, I can't believe! how much this mother has changed in just one week. And... impressed, I tell her: "Mrs. Marina, I feel very proud and relieved at your radical change and at this age, both you and your son. The word you recognized today at first sight, a few days ago Porphyry had said it three times and then you could not recognize any of them. How beautiful I feel..." And, excited, I'm on a roll and I can't stop: "Ah, Mrs. Marina, I am shouting, shouting, shouting. Everybody can talk. Your children, they tell you a lot but you think they don't speak, that they can't speak and in the end they DON'T HEAR. You parents do NOT HEAR! The more you believe in non-verbal autism, the more you shut them up! .................................................... And the conversation is interrupted by Porphyry. "Um, um, um, um, um, um, um...!!!!!!!!" He shouts loudly several times while loudly pursing his lips. He also shakes his head vigorously downward stating his strong agreement. Each "mmm" was a "yes" as if he was shouting at me : "Say it, Goldilocks!" He has "woken up" Marina. "After what my eyes have seen and my ears have heard, I can't hear anything else, Vangelis..." she was saying over and over again. I want to make a dedication to all the autistic people of the world on the occasion of today's event: "I will not stop screaming that there is NO NON-LEGAL AUTISM until all of you "non-verbal" people have it, your own voice. Only then will I stop! Until this all changes..." Deeply moved, I wish you all a good night and good luck!

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δε χάνει ούτε μία! Πριν προλάβω να γυρίσω το κεφάλι μου να της υποδείξω τη λέξη που μόλις είπε ο γιος της, εκείνη μου την έχει ήδη φωνάξει. Και εγώ την εκτελώ κάνοντας αυτό που μου ζητάει ΛΕΚΤΙΚΑ, πλέον, ο Πορφύρης. Πηγαίνω στο άλλο δωμάτιο να φέρω τα «υλικά» για τη συνεδρία μας.