AUTISM - 3RD EYE TO THE PARANORMAL
By Paul Dale Roberts, HPI General Manager
www.hpiparanormal.net

     On July 21, 2010, Shannon 'Ms. Macabre' McCabe and myself headed over to Sutter Creek to work a very unusual case. The family greeted us with open arms and even prepared dinner (tacos/corn on the cob, fudge brownies & sodas) for us. We were greeted by their two cocker spaniels, Rocko and Jax. They even have a hamster named Michael Myers. The occupants tell us that their 13-year-old son is able to see and speak to ghosts. Their son is autistic.
     At times, my articles have theme songs. The theme songs set the mood for the article. For this article, 'It's My Life' by Bon Jovi is Ryan's mother's favorite song and 'No Boundaries' by Adam Lambert is Ryan's favorite song. Both songs would fit well with this story.
     This is how the mother of this unique 13-year-old boy explains their situation. She states:
     "Our son was born at 30-32 weeks from trauma. His heart stopped and he was taken by emergency C-section. He spent 2+ months in the ICN unit with multiple intestinal problems (the staff actually cleared out the ICN unit on Christmas Eve so his older brothers could meet him and say goodbye as they thought he would not survive). He did survive. He had two intestinal surgeries - malrotation of the intestines and duo-denal stenosis with volvulus. He, then, had a long history of asthma, trachial bronchitis, R.S.V., mega colon, laryngiomalacia, hypotomia (low muscle tone), autism, encephalopathy, and sensory defensiveness - all diagnosed by age two years.
     Between 4-5 years old, Ryan began to "come out" of his Autistic world. At age 5, we had words and eye contact. I remember how strange it was to have a 5-year-old asking me what is that, referring to the airplane in the sky or the fire truck on the road. These are things you teach your children at age one and two. It was difficult to take him to public places. I remember his older brother's football games. I had to take Ryan away from the crowd and the noise. We went into an inside hallway at the school. The neurologist taught me to do a "neurological hold" where you sit down, place your child in front of you, and wrap your arms and legs around them until their violent fit subsides. Someone called the police and the police came to question me. All the times I tried to get Ryan into a grocery store, he would crawl under the cart or clothing racks covering himself with my jacket. Later, when he learned to talk, he would say, "Too many people, Mommy."
     Ryan struggles with other children his age. Bullies target him for very brutal things. He has no boundaries which scares us as parents. Frequently, he struggles with poor insight, immaturity, and impulse control. But, at the same time, his IQ is normal (121) and his creative IQ is 137. He has also been diagnosed with three learning disabilities - short term memory deficit, ADD with a GAF (global functioning at 60) and "problems with peer relationships." Oh, important note... Ryan has never been on any medications outside his medical need - i.e. mega colon, asthma, etc. Nothing for ADD or mood inhibitors. We wanted to wait and get him as old as we could before resorting to medications. We also did not want to get on the "band wagon" of jumping to all these diagnoses as we have three older sons and know what kids do as they grow up.
     Ryan has always preferred animals to people. He has a way with animals which is incredible to watch. I have watched him walk up to any strange, aggressive animal and, immediately, the animal calms and goes to him, licking him and crawling all over him. Ryan has, on several occasions, gone out into the horse pasture and laid on the belly of his horses to read a book and enjoy an afternoon nap with the horses.
     When Ryan was about 8-years-old, he began telling about the people (ghosts) he spoke with and saw on a fairly regular basis. I took the avenue of "neutral ground", not knowing how to handle it. I told him some people, very few, can possibly see and talk to ghosts - maybe. Children are growing so fast and their creativity is so powerful - most likely, it's your creativity going in over drive - "let me know if it continues" is where I would leave it. I would not engage it, but I would say one or two casual statements such as "oh, that's nice," or "tell them they have to get used to us. We are here to take care of their property." This was to disengage his intensity of the situation.
     In one instance, he was looking at a man as he told me about him. The man was telling him he had been killed and how he was killed, by whom, etc. He even told Ryan his name. I played it off casually. I told my husband and we looked up the man's name to discover he was a real person - same age, description and he was killed in the same manner as Ryan had described. The only difference was the man was in another city.
     So, our son occasionally comes to us and tells us little stories of "people" he meets. Recently, 10 years after the original diagnosis of autism and encephalopathy, we have been challenged with Ryan's diagnosis. Feeling the pressure from "social politics", we felt it was time to re-do Ryan's evaluation and get a new "updated" diagnosis of what's going on with him. This way, he could get services for his learning disabilities for school, etc. Surprisingly, we got him into a well renowned neuro science center in California. The basics began with referral to Psychology for Aspergers/ PDD High functioning Autism (whatever they wanted to call it), along with identifying the three learning disabilities. Ryan told the neurologist about the ghosts he speaks with. It perked up the neurologist, but he immediately dismissed any possibility of ghosts and said Ryan was having hallucinations. He referred Ryan to Psychiatry to find out if there is a psychotic feature to Ryan's issues. As I am now open to exploring all avenues with this child, completely dismissing the possibility of ghosts seems "unscientific." Shouldn't they be ruled out with the same consideration as any other psychotic issue?"

EXPERIENCES OF RYAN:

    One time, he was riding in a truck and saw a man walking alongside the road in a tethered shirt and torn pants. The man had blood all over him. The man was able to communicate, via telepathy, and tell Ryan that a bull horn went through his stomach and that was how he died.
     Ryan also saw an old man out in the field. The old man would also communicate with him by telepathy. When the old man saw his long dead family, he disappeared and he has not been seen since. The old man's family is a 16-year-old son who died in a car accident and a 32-year-old daughter who died of a drug overdose.
     When Ryan sees entities, he sees them with his peripheral vision. He also senses them. He will feel like he is being watched and chills go through his body. He will look and see a solid looking person with a white line around the silhouette. Note: This reminds me of how Peter Parker would be alerted by his "spidey senses" to any upcoming danger.
     When Shannon and I took this young boy out in the fields, for a good while, Ryan did not see any entities. Finally, the young boy spots a ghost. He learns the ghost is a little girl named Samantha. She is blind and died of breathing problems. I took pictures out in the field and received no anomalies in my photographs. When this boy said that Samantha was standing by the trees, I took several pictures of bright orbs. It was a coincidence that I would get orb pictures during the time the boy sees the entity known as Samantha. Disclaimer Note: Orbs are not proof of the paranormal.
     Special Note: We saw how Ryan was with his two horses. He has a good heart and animals take to him well. An interesting side line mention is that on the way to this home in Sutter Creek, we came across jack rabbits, deer and coyote. The area is filled with wildlife. It was enjoyable to watch these wild animals in their habitat.

CONCLUSION:
     Possible evidence is still being analyzed. Completed results will be relayed as they become forthcoming. We conducted several EVP sessions during the time that Ryan would be in the presence of a ghost. Video footage also needs to be analyzed. Ryan's stories were consistent and I had him, many times, re-tell various stories. Not once did he miss any details as when the story was first told.

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