Rob Wood
@mediawatchnw.bsky.social
I’m here to send love and post the wisdom of my autistic son Kelsey. ❤️❤️❤️
Kelsey from 2015:
"Life can be really lonely. It means everything when people contact you and invite you to do things or just talk. Sometimes I think I'm the only one who feels lonely because l'm autistic, but I think maybe people without ASD can feel this way, too."
"Life can be really lonely. It means everything when people contact you and invite you to do things or just talk. Sometimes I think I'm the only one who feels lonely because l'm autistic, but I think maybe people without ASD can feel this way, too."
June 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Kelsey from 2015:
"Life can be really lonely. It means everything when people contact you and invite you to do things or just talk. Sometimes I think I'm the only one who feels lonely because l'm autistic, but I think maybe people without ASD can feel this way, too."
"Life can be really lonely. It means everything when people contact you and invite you to do things or just talk. Sometimes I think I'm the only one who feels lonely because l'm autistic, but I think maybe people without ASD can feel this way, too."
Kelsey from 2019:
"I just don't understand war at all. We are all humans. Instead of trying to kill each other, why aren't we trying to help each other survive?"
"I just don't understand war at all. We are all humans. Instead of trying to kill each other, why aren't we trying to help each other survive?"
May 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Kelsey from 2019:
"I just don't understand war at all. We are all humans. Instead of trying to kill each other, why aren't we trying to help each other survive?"
"I just don't understand war at all. We are all humans. Instead of trying to kill each other, why aren't we trying to help each other survive?"
Me: "Kelsey! There's a yummy looking cookie sandwich in the refrigerator. Is that for me?"
Kelsey: "I don't know. Have you lost all that weight yet?"
Kelsey: "I don't know. Have you lost all that weight yet?"
May 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Me: "Kelsey! There's a yummy looking cookie sandwich in the refrigerator. Is that for me?"
Kelsey: "I don't know. Have you lost all that weight yet?"
Kelsey: "I don't know. Have you lost all that weight yet?"
Happy Friday evening from my island forest back yard. Have a lovely weekend! ❤️❤️❤️
May 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Happy Friday evening from my island forest back yard. Have a lovely weekend! ❤️❤️❤️
Kelsey and I had some yummy pizza today.
May 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Kelsey and I had some yummy pizza today.
Kelsey from March 21:
“Just because I’m autistic and have brain issues doesn’t mean I don’t feel the same things neurotypical people do.”
“Just because I’m autistic and have brain issues doesn’t mean I don’t feel the same things neurotypical people do.”
May 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Kelsey from March 21:
“Just because I’m autistic and have brain issues doesn’t mean I don’t feel the same things neurotypical people do.”
“Just because I’m autistic and have brain issues doesn’t mean I don’t feel the same things neurotypical people do.”
Kelsey from 2019:
"Dad, I'm going to miss your brown hair." [Note: It's all gone now]
"Dad, I'm going to miss your brown hair." [Note: It's all gone now]
May 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Kelsey from 2019:
"Dad, I'm going to miss your brown hair." [Note: It's all gone now]
"Dad, I'm going to miss your brown hair." [Note: It's all gone now]
Kelsey from last November:
"Friendship comes from the heart and that has to be the connection with all people, even those on the spectrum."
"Friendship comes from the heart and that has to be the connection with all people, even those on the spectrum."
May 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Kelsey from last November:
"Friendship comes from the heart and that has to be the connection with all people, even those on the spectrum."
"Friendship comes from the heart and that has to be the connection with all people, even those on the spectrum."
Kelsey told me in the car yesterday:
"It's been years since there's been a good comedy come out at the theater. When did America forget how to laugh?"
"It's been years since there's been a good comedy come out at the theater. When did America forget how to laugh?"
May 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Kelsey told me in the car yesterday:
"It's been years since there's been a good comedy come out at the theater. When did America forget how to laugh?"
"It's been years since there's been a good comedy come out at the theater. When did America forget how to laugh?"
Happy Sunday! Here's Kelsey from 2/24:
"Living in the present isn’t always easy and it’s not always better than living in the past."
"Living in the present isn’t always easy and it’s not always better than living in the past."
May 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Happy Sunday! Here's Kelsey from 2/24:
"Living in the present isn’t always easy and it’s not always better than living in the past."
"Living in the present isn’t always easy and it’s not always better than living in the past."
Kelsey's mom took him to Viking Fest in Poulsbo.
May 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Kelsey's mom took him to Viking Fest in Poulsbo.
"You can take yourself to a sunny place but you can't take a sunny place to you."
May 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"You can take yourself to a sunny place but you can't take a sunny place to you."
Kelsey from 2018. He's not wrong:
"If a Chinese restaurant has the word 'Golden' in its name, it must be good."
"If a Chinese restaurant has the word 'Golden' in its name, it must be good."
May 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Kelsey from 2018. He's not wrong:
"If a Chinese restaurant has the word 'Golden' in its name, it must be good."
"If a Chinese restaurant has the word 'Golden' in its name, it must be good."
Kelsey from 2015:
"I want people to know how difficult it is to be disabled, the humiliation when I stutter and the loneliness of not having friends. I do appreciate when people are kind, when they invite me to a party, hug and smile at me. That makes me feel normal."
"I want people to know how difficult it is to be disabled, the humiliation when I stutter and the loneliness of not having friends. I do appreciate when people are kind, when they invite me to a party, hug and smile at me. That makes me feel normal."
May 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Kelsey from 2015:
"I want people to know how difficult it is to be disabled, the humiliation when I stutter and the loneliness of not having friends. I do appreciate when people are kind, when they invite me to a party, hug and smile at me. That makes me feel normal."
"I want people to know how difficult it is to be disabled, the humiliation when I stutter and the loneliness of not having friends. I do appreciate when people are kind, when they invite me to a party, hug and smile at me. That makes me feel normal."
“I don’t know why I laugh so much. It’s just what I have inside me.”
May 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“I don’t know why I laugh so much. It’s just what I have inside me.”
So much stress out there right now. We all need to just stop and tell someone dear to you that you love them. It’s just me tonight so I’m sending love out to everyone ❤️
May 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
So much stress out there right now. We all need to just stop and tell someone dear to you that you love them. It’s just me tonight so I’m sending love out to everyone ❤️
I Had to think about this. We have to help our children learn the words and concepts so they can think for themselves:
“Dad, the vocabulary you helped me learn has made it possible for me to be believed for what I know and not just for what you taught me.”
“Dad, the vocabulary you helped me learn has made it possible for me to be believed for what I know and not just for what you taught me.”
May 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I Had to think about this. We have to help our children learn the words and concepts so they can think for themselves:
“Dad, the vocabulary you helped me learn has made it possible for me to be believed for what I know and not just for what you taught me.”
“Dad, the vocabulary you helped me learn has made it possible for me to be believed for what I know and not just for what you taught me.”
It’s a sunny breezy day on the island. I’ll be taking some time off at the end of the week. I was going to drive with a friend up into the Canadian Rocky’s but they can’t make. Probably too far for me alone with my eye situation. I can’t fly yet. Where else should I go?
May 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It’s a sunny breezy day on the island. I’ll be taking some time off at the end of the week. I was going to drive with a friend up into the Canadian Rocky’s but they can’t make. Probably too far for me alone with my eye situation. I can’t fly yet. Where else should I go?
Happy Monday! Deep thoughts from Kelsey:
“I often get anxiety about my tastebuds not meeting their expectations with something, but that candy bar exceeded their expectations.”
“I often get anxiety about my tastebuds not meeting their expectations with something, but that candy bar exceeded their expectations.”
May 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Happy Monday! Deep thoughts from Kelsey:
“I often get anxiety about my tastebuds not meeting their expectations with something, but that candy bar exceeded their expectations.”
“I often get anxiety about my tastebuds not meeting their expectations with something, but that candy bar exceeded their expectations.”
Kelsey and mom enjoying a Mother’s Day picnic 🧺 ❤️🥰
May 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Kelsey and mom enjoying a Mother’s Day picnic 🧺 ❤️🥰
My backyard is finally starting to bloom 🌸🌺🌸🌺🌻🌷💐🌼🪻🌸
May 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
My backyard is finally starting to bloom 🌸🌺🌸🌺🌻🌷💐🌼🪻🌸
Went for a walk in the woods around the corner from my home up to the park with the troll.
May 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Went for a walk in the woods around the corner from my home up to the park with the troll.
Happy Saturday! Yesterday Kelsey told me while we were wizzing around on the Vespa, “Gaining acceptance from neurotypical people made it possible for me to be ok with being different.”
May 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Happy Saturday! Yesterday Kelsey told me while we were wizzing around on the Vespa, “Gaining acceptance from neurotypical people made it possible for me to be ok with being different.”
Something really important to know about Kelsey. While many see autism as a gift, Kelsey does not. He sees it as a birth defect that has robbed him of a normal and happy life. Kelsey is motivated in life to work as hard as he can to overcome his cognitive deficits.
May 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Something really important to know about Kelsey. While many see autism as a gift, Kelsey does not. He sees it as a birth defect that has robbed him of a normal and happy life. Kelsey is motivated in life to work as hard as he can to overcome his cognitive deficits.
Kelsey from 6/24:
“When I was a kid I didn’t know how to use my own words so I said a lot of lines from movies instead. Sometimes I would see neurotypical people smile at me and it gave me hope that one day I could be one of them.”
“When I was a kid I didn’t know how to use my own words so I said a lot of lines from movies instead. Sometimes I would see neurotypical people smile at me and it gave me hope that one day I could be one of them.”
May 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Kelsey from 6/24:
“When I was a kid I didn’t know how to use my own words so I said a lot of lines from movies instead. Sometimes I would see neurotypical people smile at me and it gave me hope that one day I could be one of them.”
“When I was a kid I didn’t know how to use my own words so I said a lot of lines from movies instead. Sometimes I would see neurotypical people smile at me and it gave me hope that one day I could be one of them.”