Tomorrow, April 2nd is World Autism Day. There are activities going on all around the world tomorrow. I just want to encourage everyone to say a prayer tomorrow for Autistic kids and their families. I, for one, will be giving my Autisic kid a big hug tomorrow (ok, bigger than the ones he usually gets). To me that is the best way I can appreciate his accomplishments because it took a really long time for him to let me give him those hugs. So, I say, embrace a kid with autism.
Thanks for posting this, I will definitely be hugging my oldest son who has Asperger's syndrome (form of Autism)...
I didn't know it! (I think I knew that April is Autism Awareness month, yes?) Thanks for posting! Hugs for my kiddos, esp. my oldest, tomorrow too.
LOL If they'll let me. Ds5 will... and he will continue to bug me for them all day. LOL The others... 10yo I'll be lucky if he lets me get that close, and 4yo will holler if I squeeze. LOL We're undiagnosed, but I'm pretty sure 10yo deals with AS, 5yo definately has some sensory stuff going on at its base, and 4yo is likely on the spectrum... but who knows where. HF. Anyway. I'd forgotten again. :lol: Thanks!!
LOL It's kind of become routine. My oldest is the one who exhibits the most symptoms, or the most obvious ones anyway - specialized interest, high anxiety, desire to have friends but difficulty "connecting" with anyone, etc etc. My youngest mostly has sleep issues. He's only 4 and I can see where there may be other issues too; like, if we go to the park and there are already a lot of people there, he won't go play but stay right with me, etc. And he's pretty routine-oriented too, though not as much as my oldest. This is my one that I suspect allergies and food sensitivities/allergies with. Anyway. It's a life, and I'd not trade it for anything. All high functioning enough I have people look at me nuts if I mention it, but it has to be the right setting for it to come out a lot... and we actively work on that stuff, so it's not as obvious to someone who doesn't spend time with them. KWIM? :lol: I get frustrated sometimes over it. But we do okay. SOmeone on the MOH yahoogroup posted a PDD "test" this week, and I took the experimental quiz for my oldest. According to their scale, he scored in the high end of "mild PDD," only 5 pts from "mediocre PDD." (And the third level is "severe.") It said that AS doesn't usually include speech or language delays, which he does have... but anyway. First time I'd found anything besides just a checklist that "scored" like that and found it interesting. Anyway. There's at least one more mom here with two on the spectrum.... My kids are definately mild. I have met Sandra and her kiddos in person, and her little M is a cutie! We enjoyed hanging out with them, and all our kids were on a Rolie-Polie Olie kick at the same time, so they stayed occupied. LOL It was a blast. Babbling. Trying to kill time waiting for either the realtor guy to call us or dh to wake up and call HIM!
