This is Luke
“I DIDN’T KNOW THE WAY OUT.”
Meet Luke
Luke is a non-speaker, diagnosed at age 3.5 with Mild-to-Moderate Autism with a Global Developmental Delay (GDD). After years of therapies—speech, vision, oxygen, neuro, physio, occupational, hearing, cranio-sacral—Luke, at age 19, finally found his voice through a letterboard.
Luke believes that he was misdiagnosed “THEY WERE SO WRONG ABOUT ME”, and he wants “TO CHANGE THAT FOR KIDS LIKE ME”.
This website was created with Luke’s blessing “no decision about us, without us” and is intended to create awareness about spelling on a letterboard as a method of communication. There is an urgent need for qualified practitioners who can learn how to help non-speaking autistics find their voice.
Luke on the TV Show
The Assembly
Watch Luke on the The Assembly, a CBC GEM TV show—6 episodes of neurodiverse autistics interviewing Canadian celebrities that aired November 6, 13, 20, 2025 and are now available to stream online at CBC Gem.
Enjoy these photos from the Red Carpet premiere event October 15 at the Hollywood Theatre in Kitsilano, Vancouver BC
Luke’s TV Interview December 28, 2023
Luke’s TV Interview February 29, 2024
Throughout this website you will see words/sections in capital letters.
These are Luke's actual words, spelled one letter at a time on a letterboard.
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Where would you like to move to?
VANCOUVER. I LOVE THE OCEAN.