Hi. I’m Michael and I’m 13 and I live in Jerusalem I have a very warm and loving family and I’m very close to them. I communicate with gestures that I’ve learned in the past and now I’m using a special app on my iPad to communicate. I already know how to form a sentence. In the last few years I have developed a new hobby, photography. I have my own smart phone and in my free time I enjoy photographing everything around me. My pictures are very interesting and have a different perspective than what you might be used to. In math I’m learning  how to add how to subtract and last year I started learning how to read. I'm interested in electric cables and electric sockets. Sometimes I'm too interested in them.

When somebody tells me that I have to put that interest asside I can get angry… I can get very angry. But I am learning how to regulate and calm myself. In my classroom there’s a special board with pictures on it.  I can go to the board and choose an activity that will help me calm down-  I can choose to go to the shower, I can choose to  jump on the trampoline, I can choose to rest by myself. I’m a very sensitive child. Most of the time I can manage with changes if I get enough preparation ahead of time and know what’s going to happen but sometimes, when things are not clear, I can get stressed. When I’m stressed sometimes I prefer to be alone and so I go to my room but sometimes I need the help of an adult who can direct me to an activity that can help me "de-stress". I love to come to school and I feel that the staff and my classroom are my second home.