Autistic children are profusely misunderstood, they are bullied, they are looked at as "different" or as "special needs" - they aren't special needs - they need special people. They are people who process things differently, think differently, comprehend things in ways we don't, they are highly intelligent. I know from my own personal experiences with my son that he is a very smart young man. I know how misunderstood he is. Sometimes, I misunderstand him myself. Each day is different and we never know which "son" we are going to get, I guess, all things considered - each day is a new adventure in our crazy mixed up life. But each day we know God IS still in control. God created him fearfully and wonderfully, gave him the breath of life, knows the number of hairs on his head, knows when he sits, when he stands, knows everything about him, yet He has entrusted us to be his parents and care for him. This is our son in a nutshell =)
He barks & meows
He loves stringcheese
He walks in weird way
He is very good at math
He quotes anything after hearing it once or twice
He puts everything in his mouth, he literally gets a taste of life
He likes the color YELLOW
He likes the color YELLOW
He makes a very loud A-buh, A-buh, A-buh sound
He loves music (Weird Al and Aerosmith)
He loves flashlights, ceiling fans and motors
He pretty much breaks everything he gets his hands on
He gets overly dramatic when he gets excited
He incredibly agile with Mario & Luigi through each world
He's keen to giving minute details about stuff he finds fascinating
He is obsessed, make that extremely passionate about (train pass gates) train gate hands/crossing arms/lights
& ding-ding sound the train gates make
He gets overly dramatic when he's upset or mad
He gets excited about anything he finds intriguing
He hates to read, it's like Kryptonite
He watches TV 3 feet from the screen
He loves guitars & keyboards
He ALWAYS has to be PacMan
He loves Thor
He couldn't care less about having more "stuff"
He acts out movies while he watches them
So yea, we're touched by autism, but more importantly we're touched by a wonderful child who has a great heart and a promising future ahead of him. He is not his disorder, he is a child, a person, a human being living the human experience with the challenge of autism. I expect know he will defy all odds and become an an even more wonderful young man, student, husband, father, uncle, and our SON whom we love dearly!
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