I find the older my son gets, the easier it is to ...

2011-11-21T07:46:27.894-05:00

I find the older my son gets, the easier it is to tell people he has autism. It pretty much rolls off the tongue now! The people that respond with pity are the responses I find most interesting....but over the years I've gone from letting this annoy me to laughing at it. That's just their ignorance of autism....and perhaps those people, who seem horrified at the thought of raising a child with autism just couldn't handle it...so that is their reality. I remember one particular woman, was just so sad to hear that my son had autism....she went on to tell me about her disability (scoliosis) and how when she feels bad for herself, she just thanks God that she doesn't have Autism, or Downs Syndrome, etc. I was speechless! She asked me how awful it must have been when I found out.....I just said that he's a very cool kid, and dealing with other people's reactions to him is much harder than dealing with his behaviours....I don't think she got it! LOL but I realized I'VE come very far!

Imagine when someone has to say, This is my partne...

2011-11-07T07:59:07.146-05:00

Imagine when someone has to say, This is my partner max... he has autism. My wife's stuck with that one, and actually, it makes things easier for her. I don't feel sorry for max, or me, but I'm curious about how he's going to figure it all out... I'm sympathetic for your struggle to keep his stress reduced to the best level for him.

3 of the children i know who have autism are named max, btw. And I have 4 faculty/grad students with autism associated with my lab. Sky's the limit.

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I find the older my son gets, the easier it is to ...

Imagine when someone has to say, This is my partne...