
We all communicate in different ways
Sometimes it’s not easy for people to express the choice they want to make. In his short story, Advocate, James, describes using art as a unique way of encouraging Daniel to express his views, wishes and feelings about where he lived. Daniel is autistic and often finds expressing his views difficult as he is very sensitive to other people’s feelings and puts them ahead of his own. Daniel was living with a shared lives host. Shared lives hosts are paid to open their homes to s