Photography opens new world for autistic young man  Photography
opens new world for autistic young man In this Aug. 31, 2013
photo, Forrest Sargent, takes photos at a community garden in
Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/KPLU, Martha Kang) SHORELINE, Wash.
(AP) - W-H-Y-A-R-E-Y-O-U-H-E-R-E" he asks me, pointing to each
letter on a letterboard to spell out the question.  I tell him
his photos have drawn me in, and I want to write a story about
him.  He's clearly excited by my interest. He's unable to sit
still, and lets out strings of his own sounds that are both
melodic and brutish at once. He goes on to ask me which of his
photos I like.  For Forrest Sargent, a picture is worth a
thousand words left unsaid. Sargent, 22, is autistic and unable
to speak. He can communicate through a letterboard, but because
the task requires training and patience, it limits his world to
a very small circle.  So instead of telling others his thoughts,
he shows them the world as he sees it, through his photos.  It
began when Forrest ask