Give Me the Red Cup

In 1999, the statement "Give me the red cup" was nothing more than a teaching tool for Susan Moore Vosseler as she worked with the unique needs of persons diagnosed with autism. But since that time, the statement has taken on a whole new level of profundity for Vosseler-one that has been an incredible inspiration for both her and others.

Collected here are ten brief stories from Vosseler's career in autism. From the first child she worked with to the boy who despised music, from the time she helped cook a bus to the time she moved mountains, the stories in Give Me the Red Cup are heartfelt but deliberate, as each tale highlights a specific value that Vosseler encountered.

These recollections are an expression of sincere gratitude for the great lessons that each child, parent, therapist, teacher, and friend demonstrated over the course of her career. Honest and inspirational, these stories touch the heart of anyone who lives or works in the world of autism and invites all readers to know the joy in every day, in any moment. How would you teach give me the red cup? was a pivotal moment for Vosseler. This little book honors that moment by highlighting and honoring just a few more moments in the nearly twenty years since. At the end of the book, Susan Moore Vosseler invites readers to notice and collect their own joys...an on-going, living awareness of joy. Much as the moment continues for Vosseler. Joy pervades.