When Abigail’s non-verbal son, Asaf, was diagnosed with severe autism, she assumed his inner world was limited, at best, to a childlike understanding. Recently, however, through a typing technique, Asaf has found a way to communicate, revealing to his mother an astonishingly rich and nuanced comprehension of the world. Abigail shares how this discovery has reshaped her relationship with her son, blending joy and hope for the future with lingering guilt over the past.