You echolalize - "echolalize
You repeat the last word you hear, my child- "child
I will be 120 years old.
I must be 120 years old.
When I'm 120 years old, you'll be 96.
Then we can go and listen to the waves together.
08.03.2012
I'm in labor.
I'll be your mom in a minute.
08.03.2025
Autism spectrum disorder with high support needs and these long, German words: Schwerbehindertenausweis.
Repeat assessments.
I'm still your mom. A nurturing mom.
I love being your mom.
Today I was demonstrating, my child.
I gave a speech.
As a caring mom against the "right
I am your mom- "Mom
For a just world - "World"
Who will be there for you when I am no longer there?
If I listen to the waves first?
Who will go hand in hand with you to pick flowers?
Whose words will you echo?
I ride the train with you and breathe on the glass panes so that you can form hearts.
You wear a button on your jacket with your name and our telephone numbers on it.
You wear a GPS tracker in case you are away.
You've been away before.
Went to pick flowers and was found again.
There are people who say that you don't belong in this world.
Think for a moment: how good that you can't read that.
There are people who say that you live in your own world.
I'd much rather be in yours.
I have to live to be 120 years old to protect you.
I would love to give you my language.
I'll just keep writing, you know?
You speak - I write, yes?
But, as long as you echolalize and my last word is your sound, I speak:
I love you''.
Anna Irmgard Jäger/ Άνννα Γέγκερ
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