Matthew Garrett

Matthew Garrett Autism 101 -. Mama posts on this page for me, she knows me well and what I'm thinking. I'll add more soon..........

I was born in February 1993 in Monterey California (on Fort Ord) I was diagnosed with PDD, then severe low functioning autism when I was only 3 years old. I have not developed much past age 3-8 depending on the situation, but with experience, I have learned a LOT. My family loves me to BITZ, and I know it, they never give up on me, but they do get frustrated with me sometimes, cause my OCD can be

extremely hard to control. I was diagnosed with diabetes in 2009, so when mama makes sure my blood sugar is under control, I feel MUCH better and less anxious. I have a very strong helpful brother Tyler, who is like a father figure to me, an cute baby sister (shhh don't tell her I said that, she is 13 now) but I like to pick on her, I THINK IT'S FUNNY to tap on her head, but she get's annoyed after a while, SO I DO IT MORE, and I lauuuuuuuuuuughhhh, till mama says PLAY WITH HIM, and then she teases me back, and I love interacting.........sometimes. But sometimes I just want to be left alone, and not be touched, or have a sound around me. I go and turn off everything, the lights, the washer, and dryer, and fans, and won't even let mama cook, cause sound bothers me. They are nice about it, they sit quietly and let me enjoy the peace until I feel better, or they run me a warm bath.

04/25/2026

Good morning, I'm excited today because I've been working with Matthew again on telling time on an analog clock, and he got it this time. After several weeks, he told me what time it was without looking at the digital clock first. Yay Matthew!!!!!!

03/16/2026

Matthew usually says something when he's getting his blood drawn. I may have already shared with you that a few years ago when his blood was being drawn, when the needle went, he broke out singing Ice Ice Baby,
Staff could hear him all the way down the hall. 🤣 Today he got his blood drawn again, we do this every 6 months to check his Depakote levels and some other things. Today when the needle went in he sat very still but hollered PUMPKIN MAN

I put a new bench on the front porch yesterday and had Matthew take a picture for his sister.
03/15/2026

I put a new bench on the front porch yesterday and had Matthew take a picture for his sister.

Look what my little sister made for me.
02/06/2026

Look what my little sister made for me.

02/05/2026

Tomorrow is my birthday, I will be 33 years old. Mom has surprises for me that she keeps hiding. My sister is making and decorating and bringing the cake from her bakery, it is supposed to be a surprise too. My brother is buying massive Chinese food for all of us. Life is good.

12/10/2025

I was teasing Matthew with a sock the other day and he liked it so I bought some googly eyes and he really likes that. It's an extremely old Sock please forgive the little guy, I didn't want to use a new one LOL

11/24/2025

Matthew picked this up off my nightstand and handed it to me. I asked him what it says as I pointed out the letters. He said fish, I said it IS shaped like a fish, but look at the letters, he said "J E jellyfish" 😁

11/18/2025

Good morning, the dog wanted out early but then started barking which woke up Matthew, as he comes out of his room I had taught him to say good morning, so he said good morning, I asked him if the dog woke him up and he said yes. After a while he was playing and for some random reason I asked if he wanted to go fishing LOL we never go fishing but I acted like I casted a line, acted like I reeled it in, and held up a invisible fish in the air, and I said here's the fish, he started giggling with his mouth wide open it was so cute. Then it reminded me of that poem I had to look it up to remember exactly how it went, fishy fishy in the brook, daddy caught it with a hook, mommy cooked it in a pan, and baby ate it like a man, pretty soon Matthew started saying fishy fishy in the brook LOL I love our peaceful mornings

Matthew guided me to the bed, directed me to sit down, then he said Scoot back, and look what he's trying to do because ...
09/29/2025

Matthew guided me to the bed, directed me to sit down, then he said Scoot back, and look what he's trying to do because he wants to go for a ride LOL forgive the shoes they are my yard work shoes, I hide my good ones because he hides them from me sometimes

Matthew asks for a ride almost every day, he loves to go out, here he is getting sleepy watching the world go by yesterd...
09/13/2025

Matthew asks for a ride almost every day, he loves to go out, here he is getting sleepy watching the world go by yesterday.

08/16/2025

I drink coffee and look at YouTube videos while I'm Waking up. Matthew used to get agitated at the sound, so I would tell him to use his words, and taught him to say "turn it down", then I would get earbuds out to proceed listening. He began saying turn it down for a while, but today he just went over to my Electronics shelf and got one of my earbuds out of the case and handed it to me LOL. I love it so much when he does new things.

08/10/2025

By the way, for those of you that know autism, yes Matthew wears the same clothes every day, he won't have anything else, they get washed every night, and that's why they are fading LOL I have bought several sets of his favorite clothes, so we can switch out, but even that is hard to do because he knows the difference, probably because his original set has been washed. Same color, same size, same style, he can still tell which one is his LOL he smells good at all times so don't worry. Nobody commented, but I am self-conscious when it comes to his care, Tyler is more diligent than I am about it, and I'm wanting people to know that he is very clean and well taken care of.

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