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This wonderful husband decided to surprise his wife with a session of their cheerful 4.5 year old daughter for Mother’s Day. She is just about the same age as my daughter, so I knew exactly what to talk about. She was so sweet and funny and giggly and sunny – the quintessential little girl. We lucked out with a nice day and had a great time. Of course, it is easy to get good pictures when the subject is so happy.
Here is the second half of my April 13th special needs mini-sessions. It was certainly a busy day!
This family was very fun. The older brother has autism. And the younger brother was just a ham. 
These next brothers were a whole new level of energy. Both have atypical autism with very high energy levels, and one also has ADHD. While many kids with autism may be energetic in spurts, these two were on hyperdrive, but they were so hilarious. Sitting still wasn’t really an option, so we played and ran and jumped, and got some great smiles.
This next family was wonderful, and unique. The girls are identical twins, and at 9 years old, they were both non-verbal with autism. But the one in blue began talking this year. They believe it is from an Alzheimer’s medication she is on. I mention this because I had never heard of using Alzheimer’s medication for autism but found it fascinating. These girls loved to have tickle fights with their parents and each other. I think they would have stayed in that bed all day!
This next pretty lady is also non-verbal with autism. She wasn’t sure what to make of the big light, but followed directions wonderfully.
I met the most adorable 6 month old baby recently – Liam. Usually I prefer to wait until babies are 7 months old because they usually aren’t sitting at 6 months, but this little guy was incredibly strong and already pushing up into a bear crawl stance. He was also just super cute and smiley. While I brought backdrops and whatnot, we decided to use their actual home as the stage because it was beautiful.
Tell me he isn’t perfect?
It is time to celebrate those families with special needs children. As Chicago’s premier special needs photographer, this is my way of helping these amazing families have pictures of their children that are beautiful pieces of art.
I’ve been waiting for the electronic file in order to share this with you. I found out in November that one of my images was selected to be the cover for this issue of the international magazine, Autism File. It is my first magazine cover, so I’m very excited. Hopefully, it is only the first of many!
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