Most parents struggle with getting their young kids to sit for photos, but for mom and photographer Samantha Lu she faces an extra set of challenges. Lu’s son Levi has autism which his defined as “A broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors,

When a child says their first word, it’s an event to remember. But when a girl with nonverbal autism does it, it’s a reason to ugly cry in a parking lot. And that’s exactly what happened to Briana Blankenship from Athens, Alabama. Doctors said her daughter, Taylor, might never speak. But just days