Sayf Autism Ville- Sayf Autism Advocacy

This is one of Sayf's favorite 🩷 Tuna Pizza made by my Ummie in her DIY OVEN 😁😂

Self injurious 😭😭😭

As a mother na may anak na autism ito yung pinaka traumatic yung dalhin anak mo sa hospital Kay dili najud nimo sya ma control. Gina head bang na ni Sayf Ang iyang ulo sa semento, and pader. 😭😭😭😭😭

Dili lalim 😭 dili sayun 😭 💔

I would like to thank you from the bottom of our heart sa among Silingan na c Jona Wardi sa pag help na ma kontak Ang Taga baranggay.

Kagawad Lilibeth Mercado and Kagawad Didig and accompanied with Ate Dalhia Baranggay Tanod sa pag es**rt sa amoa sa paghatod sa amoa sa spmc gamit Ang baranggay vehicle.

Kapitan. Laput kudos po sa maagarang aksyon po. 💔😭

Kudos to Baranggay New Valencia daghan jud kaayong salamat. 🥺😭💔 And to my family for unending support 💔😭🥺

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“What I Wish I Knew 15 Years Ago: The Truth Most Speech Therapists Never Told Us”
💛 “If your child doesn’t speak… please read this. It could change everything.” 💛
What your speech therapist and school probably won’t tell you — and what I desperately wish someone had told me 15 years ago — is this:
If I could sit across from you right now, you — the parent who loves a child who doesn’t speak — I would begin with these words:
✨ You’re not imagining things.
✨ Your child understands far more than anyone has acknowledged.
✨ And the systems you trusted have been failing you both.
I wish someone had said that to me when Stone was little.
Back then, I kept waiting for the day something would click — when a therapist would truly see him, or when a school would finally recognize the intelligence behind his eyes, the thoughts behind his silence.
Instead, we got the same loop so many families are still stuck in today:
🔁 endless matching tasks
🔁 laminated PEC cards
🔁 “touch the one that matches”
🔁 “look at me”
🔁 “try again”
🔁 reports that said “limited progress”
…and worst of all, the quiet implication that Stone “just wasn’t ready.”
But here’s the truth I wish someone had told me from day one:
None of this had anything to do with his intelligence, his understanding, or his ability to communicate.
It had everything to do with motor planning.
And no one told us.
💛 When Speech Isn’t the Problem — Motor Planning Is
If I could speak to my younger self, I would say:
“David, he hears you. He understands you. His mind is working beautifully. His body is where the disconnect is.”
Stone didn’t speak because he couldn’t reliably plan and sequence the movements needed for speech. Many nonspeaking autistic kids experience this — but back then, we didn’t know.
Our therapists didn’t know.
His school didn’t know.
And so they treated speech like…
❌ a behavior problem
❌ a motivation problem
❌ a readiness problem
It wasn’t any of those.
It was a motor issue — the same reason so many nonspeakers struggle with:
🫶 initiating movement
📝 writing
👉 pointing
🍽️ eating neatly
🧥 dressing themselves
But no one mentioned it.
No one suggested it.
No one explained it.
And we were left to believe the lack of speech meant a lack of understanding.
It didn’t.
Not then.
Not ever.
If you’re reading this and it hits your heart… please know you’re not alone.
👉 COMMENT “I needed this” if this message speaks to you.
👉 SHARE to help another family who may not know this truth yet.

10 years from now…
Ako, 49 years old.(mother )
Sayf's dad - 56 (father)
Aiman - 21 (brother )
Sabby - 18 (sister)
At si Sayf is 26 years old na.

Minsan napapaisip ako… ano na kaya ang buhay natin pagdating ng panahong iyon?
Sana makakapit-bahay lang tayong lahat para kay Sayf at sana patuloy kayong andyan sa buhay namin. ❤️🙏

Hindi natin alam ang future, pero ang mahalaga—hindi tayo bibitaw sa isa’t isa. Ang pamilya ang magiging lakas at seguridad ni Sayf habang tumatanda siya.

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