Playing With Others

So one of the hardest things about Autism is that from the outside you can't tell there is anything wrong with the child. So, this leads to misunderstandings with other children while they are trying to play. They don't understand why your kid can't say sorry when he ran into the other child on accident or why one thing made him really mad and he starts to scream, when to a normal kid it was nothing to scream about. Or he seem impolite. The tough part is that parents forget your child has hold ups and a different way of being dealt with. I understand these are misunderstandings and I need to be patient on my part and have some understanding as well. Luckily the older I get the more patient I am or I just ignore the comments or the looks. I swear one of these days I am going to get the shirt for Connor that says, I have Autism, what's your problem. Or the one that says Staring any longer is not going to cure my Autism. Another favorite is Warning:Autism Meltdown Highly Probable. But luckily Connor has an awesome Autism resource teacher and his social skills are improving more than what they were.