Nearly all parents would agree that being able to meet your child’s needs is most important. But for one mom, that basic desire hit a roadblock when her nonverbal autistic son’s electronic communication device stopped working.

Jessica Fletcher and her 11-year-old son, Hunter, ran into a little frustration while they were out to dinner one night. Hunter’s communication device stopped working before he could order his food. At the time, this was the only way the child could communicate his needs. If Fletcher didn’t think fast, Hunter wouldn’t be able to order without her playing a guessing game with menu items.

She did her best to remedy the situation by writing the alphabet on a piece of paper, which would allow Hunter to pick out the letters to spell his order. Instead, it frustrated the nonverbal boy. His only means of communication was now a black screen, and the alphabet she wrote had the letters in the wrong places.........

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