Autistic Boy Reveals Heavenly Wisdom in New Book

“No known cause. No cure. Lifelong.” 

There are no words to describe the emotions a parent experiences when their child is diagnosed with autism. The words of the doctors often ring with hopelessness to those who, like the Cullens, are blessed with a healthy child at birth and then only months into his life are unexpectedly hit with an autism diagnosis.

But God has a way of giving a voice to the voiceless.
His Word tells us that even the heavens declare his glory and the skies proclaim his handiwork; their voice goes out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world (Psalm 19:1-4 paraphrased). In her new book, Josiah’s Fire: Autism Stole His Words, God Gave Him a Voice (BroadStreet Publishing, September 2016), Josiah’s mother, Tahni Cullen tells of  her family’s journey with autism and her son’s remarkable window to Heaven. 

A healthy baby boy, Josiah Cullen was born in October 2005.  But at 22 months old, Josiah experienced a dramatic shift, lost eye contact, words, and play skills; and was ultimately diagnosed with autism. At seven years old, Josiah had begun to use an iPad for basic communications. One day, while practicing his spelling words on the iPad, Tahni asked Josiah to spell the word “heal.” Instead of spelling heal, or one of the other simple words he had previously practiced, Josiah typed “GOD IS A GOOD GIFT GIVER.” When a ...

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