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On Autism: Tito
By Ashlar | February 10, 2010
Tito Mukhopadhyay and his mother, Soma
“Poem 7
The Mind Tree
Maybe it is night
Maybe it is day
I can’t be sure
Because I’m not yet feeling the heat of the sun
I am the mind tree
When I had been gifted this mind of mine
I recall his voice very clearly
To you I have given this mind
And you shall be the only kind
No one ever will like you be
And I name you the mind tree
I can’t see or talk
Yet I can imagine
I can hope and I can expect
I am able to feel pain but I cannot cry
So I just be and wait for the pain to subside
I can do nothing but wait
My concerns and worries
Are trapped within me somewhere in my depths
Maybe in my roots
Maybe in my bark
When he comes next who gifted me my mind
I shall ask him for the gift of sight
I doubt his return and
Yet hope for it
Maybe he will
Maybe he will not”
(Beyond the Brain: Mind Tree Poems (excerpts from the book, “Beyond the Silence”) NationalGeographic.com)
A more recent article, aside from the ’causes of’ reporting, and a list of his available works.
I had the fortune to meet Tito and his mother, Soma, early on in my career as a special education teacher, which helped shape my perception of Autism in particular and persons with impairments in general.
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