What If Your Nonspeaking Child Understands More Than You Know? Hope & Faith with Katie Asher

What if your nonspeaking autistic child understands far more than they can communicate? In this episode of the INCHSTONES Podcast, Sarah Kernion welcomes Katie Asher, co-author of The Book of Heaven with her nonspeaking autistic son, Houston, for a deeply personal conversation about profound autism, presuming competence, motherhood and Christian faith. Katie shares her family's journey, the communication experiences she describes with Houston, and how faith has helped her navigate grief, uncertainty and hope. Together, Sarah and Katie explore: Why speech and motor difficulties should not automatically be mistaken for a lack of understanding What it means to presume competence in nonspeaking autism The grief and guilt that can accompany disability parenting How faith and hope coexist with profound suffering The invisible emotional and spiritual lives of our children Why caregiver love is often expressed through ordinary, daily acts How much of a person are we missing simply because they cannot show us who they are in the ways we expect? Discover more caregiver stories at www.inchstonespodcast.com. Guest: Katie Asher is a writer, researcher, advocate, and mother. She and her son Houston were featured in season, one of The Telepathy Tapes. After over two decades of trauma her vaccine injured son, Houston, began communicating the depth of his intelligence, personality, courage, and faith, forcing her to reckon with the lies she had believed about severe autism and what is actually true and possible. This discovery led her to extensive research about quantum mechanics, physics, chemistry, biology, physiology, and scripture. Katie and her son Houston have explored how science actually confirms the spiritual realm, the truth of Scripture, and the promises of God. The Book of Heaven is their effort to bring understanding regarding severe autism and hope in all we have through the atonement of Christ and love of God.   To purchase a copy of A Book of Heaven: CLICK HERE