"Rescue Me" (A Song About Autism)

Описание: This was a practice session at my desk tonight. Nothing formal or mastered. Just me practicing and remembering. The story behind the song goes like this: My son was diagnosed with classic low functioning autism in the early 2000's. He was nonverbal for a few years. But we were able to bring him back to speaking. You see, he spoke his first words before he had a certain doctor's appointment. After that appointment, he changed in personality and became nonverbal.

I met with a social worker that cried rivers of water as we spoke, telling me how my life was about to change, as did her and her child's life changed. We were told he would never be able to learn anything. We were told by several parents in our area that their children could no longer play with our son. When I asked why, they stated they didn't want his autism to rub off on their child. If they would have been men, I would have knocked heads. But the guys were too ashamed to say it to me. So, they had their wives say it for them. One even stated that she didn't want the symptom of stupid to rub off on my son. Ignorance in people not living with autism continues in abundance even today.

Okay, now to the reason this song was written. My son was prone to ear infections. After re-learning to speak, becoming verbal, he made a statement to his mom during one of those ear infections. He said, "Momma help me, while she was trying to get him to take a nap. I took what he said, put it together with other memories we have with him, and wrote the song. That was a ton of years ago. But the song was written in recent years. His story is full of things like what I have shared here. So, I continue to write songs for him and his life. I'm going to take 10 to 15 of those songs and master them for CD production. Who knows, maybe other families would like to hear the songs and the stories. I don't know if this song will be one them or not. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the song. ~ Brian