By Gonny 
When Suzy Miller, a speech-language pathologist, encountered a child with autism back in 1999, she had no idea it would send her life spinning in a whole new direction—upwards, apparently! She describes seeing the boy’s “light body” hovering above his physical form, and this set her on a journey to understand the deeper spiritual dimensions of children with autism.
Sounds a bit sci-fi, right? But stick with me, because this all starts making sense when we throw in some A Course in Miracles (ACIM) concepts.
The World as an Illusion
In ACIM, we’re told that the world we experience is nothing more than a dream—a projection of the mind. Everything physical, from our bodies to the objects we hold dear, is part of that illusion.
So, when Suzy talks about these kids being “partially in other dimensions,” it’s a reminder that none of us are actually tied down to the physical world. We are all spiritual beings having an illusory physical experience. In a way, these kids might just be reminding us that this whole “solid world” thing isn’t as real as we think. Suzy believes that these children have a higher purpose, such as clearing ancestral patterns and raising humanity’s collective consciousness. In ACIM, that higher purpose could be understood as the “function of forgiveness” —and no, I don’t mean the kind where you grudgingly forgive your neighbor for borrowing your lawnmower and returning it with half the grass still stuck to it.
Forgiveness, in ACIM, is about looking past the illusions of the world, letting go of grievances, and seeing the divine in everyone. These children may be here to invite us to stop focusing on the physical quirks (or lawnmowers) and instead practice seeing their true essence: beings of light here to help us shift our perspective.
About Suzy’s encounter with that hovering light body…. it teaches that the body is just a vehicle for communication—a tool we use in this illusory world, but it’s not who we are. We’re not bound by it. The light body she saw could represent the truth of spirit, which is eternal and unbounded by physical form. We are, in essence, always more than our bodies, and these kids may just be giving us an extra nudge to remember that.
According to Suzy, parents of children with autism can play a crucial role in their spiritual growth. If you’re a parent reading this and suddenly feeling pressure to become a spiritual guru, don’t worry—ACIM doesn’t expect you to hand out robes and meditative chants. But it does suggest that we all have a role in “helping each other remember the truth” —that we are not our egos or our limitations.
Supporting these children, in ACIM terms, could mean recognizing their true, limitless nature and reflecting that understanding back to them. It’s kind of like being a spiritual cheerleader, minus the pom-poms (though no one’s judging if you want to use them).
What’s the Big Message?
At the end of the day, these kids may be here to teach us one of the most important ACIM lessons: “nothing real can be threatened, and nothing unreal exists.” They help us glimpse beyond the illusions we’ve built up, inviting us to see the world—and ourselves—for what we truly are: not bodies, but eternal beings of light, love, and laughter.
So next time you catch yourself taking the world a little too seriously, remember the lesson these children seem to be offering: maybe it’s all just a dream, and we’re all simply trying to wake up to the truth. And if they’re already a step ahead, it’s probably because they stopped worrying about the dream and started living the truth.
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