This Is Why I Love You

Makayla Renee Cain is seventeen years old. She has non-speaking autism and communicates with a letter board or iPad.In “This Is Why I Love You,” Makayla shares why she loves people inside and outside of her family who love and support her in so many ways. Makayla also shares her thoughts about things other than family: nature, holidays, places. She invites you to read her first book and enter her beautiful world."Letter by letter, I spell my thoughts out loud. My inner most thoughts cannot be heard through my physical voice, but they can be heard and seen through the transcripts expressing the thoughts of my life. It is untrue that 'to not speak' means 'to not think.' Stephen Hawkins did it, and so do I. So do my non-speaking friends. We exist. We think. We spell. This is my voice. I am an advocate. I am Makayla!" Read more