Non Verbal

14-year-old severely autistic middle schooler Emerson Rayne's words disappeared when she was fifteen months old, but that didn't mean she had no voice. By three, doctors labelled her with autism spectrum disorder, functionally non-verbal, sensory processing disorder, and intellectual disability.

What Emerson can't say is that there is a fire inside her waiting to ignite and a wolf stuck in her throat ready to howl. Emerson can't control her behavior. It controls her. Emerson's difficult but ...