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Hello again,
apologies for delay in writing but I had a birthday with a zero on the end!! Anyway, its back to school time and auty appears to be enjoying full-time school. He has been swimming and gone to a local farm too. Now he is getting "homework" which is only listening to a book being read, but he does appear interested.
I have mentioned before that his piercing scream was slowly being eradicated and replaced by a grunting, kind of gurning. This weekend I noticed sometimes that the actual grunting noise had gone but the face pulling was still evident. This is fine at home but when paying for shopping at Tescos it gets a LOT of funny looks. I noticed a couple of people nudging each other as I packed my away my bogof's!! Of course, he is oblivious to it and its perfectly natural. Its just something I have never really associated with autism and havent (yet) thought of a way to try and encourage him not to do it.
One thought is recurring in my mind though I have to say....................................how will all of this turn out when he is older, bigger and stronger. I like to think that we lead him as stress free and organised life as possible but the future is a tough prospect. Will he be able to lead an independent life or will we need to find a home for him when our age becomes a factor and we cant cope? As its many years away, its kind of been unspoken but as I reached a milestone birthday it really hit me. The thought of him without our TLC hurts so much but I cant seem to find a solution thats feasible.
The stronger part really hit home, literally, this weekend. We went to the local park and because of the cold weather, it was empty. After a few goes on the slide, auty came to me and I expected a request for a snack. However, I got a rabbit punch to the crown jewels and doubled over in agony. Auty calmly walked off. Obviously its frustrating when this happens as he rarely smacks me or I can see when it is going to happen and try and calm him. However, nobody else was in the park so their was no invading of his space, no high noise levels from other children or generally any situations I could tell that would cause a reaction. When he is bigger this could be a big issue especially if it isnt me he is smacking.
Have a great week!!!!
Dad of auty.
apologies for delay in writing but I had a birthday with a zero on the end!! Anyway, its back to school time and auty appears to be enjoying full-time school. He has been swimming and gone to a local farm too. Now he is getting "homework" which is only listening to a book being read, but he does appear interested.
I have mentioned before that his piercing scream was slowly being eradicated and replaced by a grunting, kind of gurning. This weekend I noticed sometimes that the actual grunting noise had gone but the face pulling was still evident. This is fine at home but when paying for shopping at Tescos it gets a LOT of funny looks. I noticed a couple of people nudging each other as I packed my away my bogof's!! Of course, he is oblivious to it and its perfectly natural. Its just something I have never really associated with autism and havent (yet) thought of a way to try and encourage him not to do it.
One thought is recurring in my mind though I have to say....................................how will all of this turn out when he is older, bigger and stronger. I like to think that we lead him as stress free and organised life as possible but the future is a tough prospect. Will he be able to lead an independent life or will we need to find a home for him when our age becomes a factor and we cant cope? As its many years away, its kind of been unspoken but as I reached a milestone birthday it really hit me. The thought of him without our TLC hurts so much but I cant seem to find a solution thats feasible.
The stronger part really hit home, literally, this weekend. We went to the local park and because of the cold weather, it was empty. After a few goes on the slide, auty came to me and I expected a request for a snack. However, I got a rabbit punch to the crown jewels and doubled over in agony. Auty calmly walked off. Obviously its frustrating when this happens as he rarely smacks me or I can see when it is going to happen and try and calm him. However, nobody else was in the park so their was no invading of his space, no high noise levels from other children or generally any situations I could tell that would cause a reaction. When he is bigger this could be a big issue especially if it isnt me he is smacking.
Have a great week!!!!
Dad of auty.
posted by Parent at
11:24 AM
2 Comments:
"Don't judge me by the way i look", by this i mean you can have a disability that is visable and a disability that you cannot see what doe's it really matter, you are what u are and i would say that most people with or without disabilities have some pretty fantastic and unique qualities, i know my little girl does she drives me mad some days and make me feel every emotion you could feel but she is still the best thing in my world and i would not change her for a single second she is beautiful inside and out "end of".
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Anonymous, at 9:41 PM
HI "Dont judge me by the way i look" by this i mean don't judge me because i look like everbody else but behave differently, i may behave diferrently but that does not mean that i don;t have feelings and i cannot feel hurt by your dissaproving looks and stares you are not a better or lesser person than me but an equal that needs to better there understanding of the conditions that we live with everyday "square box into a circle" think before you judge!!!!
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bernadetter, at 10:12 PM
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