Spectrum Perspectives

Martha Cray- Son found dead in group home, Billy Cray's Law- Part 1

When Martha’s son Billy was a very big boy, beginning from the day he was born at 10lbs 11 oz. After he was diagnosed with Autism he sent to several different schools but continually had to leave due to temper tantrums that were especially difficult to handle due to his size. He started hurting people including his teachers. When Billy was 8 years old riding on the bus and he was harnessed into his seat, he got up and pulled the entire seat out of the bus to get to the bus driver. That’s when she received a letter from the state of New Jersey saying that he could no longer be transported by anyone in the state and Billy was expelled from the school. Eventually the state stepped in and said Billy was a danger to his family and needed to be placed into a residential facility, at only 10 years old. This is when his abuse began as he was moved to 6 different facilities, sexually assaulted 3 times, thrown into walls, bruised, and if he told his mother what they did, they abused him again. Eventually Billy died in a group home which we will discuss in part 2.

Soma Mukhopadhyay - Creator of RPM, The Rapid Prompting Method- Part 2

Soma explains how the brain works, and what is going on inside the mind and body of Autistic children and adults and how she is able to work with them to get them to learn using her Rapid Prompting Method. Eventually people who have never spoken before are learning to communicate and eventually even to speak. Her method can also be used with people who have had a stroke or have other disabilities.

Soma Mukhopadhyay - Creator of RPM, The Rapid Prompting Method- Part 1

Soma has a son with Autism. When in India she developed the Rapid Prompting Method that taught him to communicate by first using a letterboard, then to write, and then to type, and now he can speak. She then came to America and began teaching other students using her methods. After appearing on 60 Minutes and other new channels, it spread like wildfire. Listen while this brilliant woman explains how the method that has helped thousands of families works.

Katie & Houston-Author of "The Book of Heaven" Part 2

What is really going on inside the mind and soul of a non-verbal Autistic boy? You’ll be fascinated as Katie continues her story about when Houston begins to communicate with RPM and starts telling his mother about supernatural things he is seeing and experiencing. Things like feeling others’ emotions, hearing their thoughts, “seeing” music and colorful auras around people and angels surrounding certain people. He also takes trips to heaven where he has seen angels and Jesus!
Since we did this interview in 2021, Katie has released her book with the full account “The Book of Heaven” by K. & H. Asher, available on Amazon, and they were featured on The Telepathy Tapes. View the video version on our YouTube channel, Robbie's World.

Katie & Houston- Author of "The Book of Heaven" Part 1

Everything changed for Katie’s son Houston after he got what seemed to be a rash after his MMR as a baby. Later she found out it was not a rash, but he was actually ITP. (Listen to find out what that is!) Later he was asked to leave his pre-school due to his behaviors due to his Autism. Katie shares some funny “naked” stories about how Houston liked to elope, they day one neighbor found his pants in her basement and another neighbor found him swimming in their pool!
 

Tahni & Josiah- Author of "Josiah's Fire" Part 2

Using RPM to communicate, Josiah tells him mom that he often wakes up at 3:00 am and Angels take him to “school” in heaven! When he returns he wakes up his mom to type to her and begins to tell her the things and people he has seen in heaven, things she never told him about and he had no way of knowing. Listen to hear who and what he sees! Since writing her book “Josiah’s Fire” about all of this, she has heard from parents of other children who are having the same experiences. “Josiah’s Fire” by Tahni Cullen is available on Amazon.

Tahni & Josiah- Author of "Josiah's Fire" - Part 1

After taking Josiah to the doctor and being treated for a Double eye infection, within 3 weeks he was “gone”. They had “lost him”. The 40 words he had spoken, disappeared. Later he was diagnosed as “Severe, non-verbal” and was told he will probably never talk. Years later Tahni took Josiah to an RPM workshop where he began to learn to communicate. They trained her to continue the therapy and said he is an auditory learner, so “speak to him as though he is blind and explain his environment to him.” Later he began to type out full sentences, talking about amazing things like God, angels and a dead Aunt he had never met. It gets even better in part 2 so come back and join us!
 

Heidi Rome- Author of "You Just Have to Love Me"- Part 2

Heidi talks about placing Ethan in a facility out of state and a month before he left they had a conversation via facilitated communication where she asked him about how he felt about God and Hebrew school. He said "God is in my heart", talked about being in heaven before he came to earth and many other things. When she asked what her job was here on earth his answer to his mom was "You just have to love me". It was this conversation that prompted her to write her book "You Just Have to Love Me." Heidi now helps other parents navigate the world of raising a child with Autism with her business called "Spectrum Oasis".

Heidi Rome- Author of "You just have to love me". Part 1

Heidi is the author of the book "You Just Have To Love Me" about her journey with her Autistic son. In this episode she talks about Ethan's diagnosis and early education. He was in a school that only used ABA therapy, so they secretly took him to other therapies for speech and OT. She also tried many other alternative therapies to try to "cure" his Autism, as many other parents did at the time. She then got an attorney and got him placed in a new school that offered many different communication devices and Facilitated Communication became a game changer for Ethan. Listen to the episode to find out what things he talked about!

Jenny & Adam- 33 yr old Non-Verbal man learns to communicate with RPM- Part 2

Jenny talks about how their lives were completely changed when she found out about the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM) and Adam began to communicate for the first time in his 34 years of life. Watch the video on our YouTube channel, Robbie's World, to watch Adam use this method with his mom.