Special Needs

[Renee]

My son thinks that if he makes all his capital letters smaller they should be considered lowercase.  His reasoning does make sense but that’s not the way it is. My son also calls out to lost toys in hopes that they will respond to him and tell him their location. He finds the toys and says, “here you are, I knew I’d find you!” They never talk back to him and yet he doesn’t care. So when my friend tells me that her sons bangs his head on the table over and over when he gets frustrated and will not look her in the eye... ever, I think of my son and decide that maybe his idea of lowercase letters isn’t so bad. 

[Bill Floyd]

Everything is relative, I suppose.  Well written and lovingly reasoned.

[Angela]

Sounds like a good thing to me.  We really do not need both lower case and upper case if we use your son's method.

[Jeanette Cheezum]

You're son sounds like a normal child. Be happy. Good 6.

[Travis Smith]

Well done. It is hard to find positives when you have a child who is affected in some way, and some days it is definitely easier than others.  I do know that I now have a very different perspective when I meet or see someone else who has a child that is affected in some way.

 

You bring a lot of emotion through in this with the very direct and matter-of-fact way you have described it.  

 

[Diana E. Backhouse]

This is so touching and beautifully written, Renee.

[Teresa]

I know autism and the best way to love a friend with a child who has it is to see him as she does, perception through love that always makes sense, but that the world struggles to see.  Beautiful work.

[Sandra Davies]

The logic of children is compelling at times, and never 'bad' just not the (sometime correct) adult view.   And how tragic and frustrating will motherhood be for your friend.

[Gita]

I love the magical thinking of  "My son also calls out to lost toys in hopes that they will respond to him and tell him their location."  And how truly heartbreaking it must be for the mother of the child who hurts himself.  There is a lot packed into these 6 sentences.

[Joe Gensle]

touching and well told, tenderness not overdone :)