Father of autistic boy shows unconditional love

Hear how this father's unconditional love for his autistic child has turned his son's life around.

Chris Davis was born with neurological damage, severe autism and physical disabilities. His father, Bill, was told it would be best to put Chris in an institution as he would be so difficult to look after.

But Bill and his wife refused, instead, they set out on a journey to seek answers and improve Chris's quality of life. They achieved so much through their determination, dedication and unconditional love that Chris is now at college.

In this uplifting video, Bill tells their story.

"Chris is in 11th grade, and pretty much on his own at high school. He has a mentor who helps him.

Chris probably had one of the worst diagnosis ever: self-injurious, swollen intestines, poisons in his system, neurological damage, mental retardation, severe autism, Crohn’s disease...

Chris did not communicate. He did not sit down, he didn’t put on clothes, he wouldn't go outside. He ate the walls, he ate the table, he ate the rug.

We couldn’t eat in the home, we couldn’t have lights on, the TV on. If I coughed he would run downstairs and punch me.

It was a 24-hour-a-day job. Chris never slept, he never ate, he wore diapers, never spoke.

I was pretty much told to put him in an institution.

It was obviously depressing, so we went on this battle, you know, to educate and provide therapies.

His mum went and studied everything she could get her hands on. She visited hospitals and schools and she set up a school in our home. Our home became a school.

It was one of the first centres of ABA, which is applied behavioural analysis. We set up intern programmes with kids from Penn State and Franklin & Marshall and we began teaching Chris.

I thought to myself, if he’s happy, if he stops hurting himself, you know, if I could hug him, that would be the greatest gift in life.

And we continued against all odds. And he got better. [To Chris:] So I’m just going to talk about you because I love you.

The thing I’ve learned most over the years is to be a parent first. It changed my life completely, put me in another direction. I was able to love unconditionally.

And I never thought of him as this poor broken human being who we needed to cure, you know? He’s not sick.

We love this incredibly, powerful story. It just goes to prove the power of unconditional love. What do you think? We'd love to hear your comments below.

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