Strong Mother Turns Her Son’s Autism Into Art

This story is a heartbreaking, yet beautiful tale of motherly love towards her son who has autism. As the mother, Kate Miller-Wilson said this is the road which crosses paths of grief, anger, acceptance and art. The way she explains some of her son’s portraits are utterly heartbreaking and severely honest it will make you cry. “I love my son unconditionally, as the beautiful, hilarious, challenging, and charming person he is. I worry endlessly about his future, though, and there are days when it’s hard for us to like each other (though the love never goes away). To me, the greatest gift of his autism isn’t his math wizardry or perfect pitch; it’s the unique and poetic way he looks at the world. In my photography, I wanted to create a tribute to that perspective and the reality of our day-to-day life.”