Sorry to all of you lovely people who sent me such kind messages for my birthday - I cannot quote and answer each of you properly because multiquote is not working on my laptop. Anyway, many many thanks to you all and to those who "liked" my post. You really helped to cheer me up on such a difficult day.
Autism is such an interesting condition, but also very difficult to deal with sometimes. I think that people often forget that those with ASD do not grow out of it. In our case, DS (26) has learned to deal with a lot of the issues and to copy neurotypical behaviour (ie how the rest of us function in a social world). He is absolutely amazing at times and has managed to hold down a job for the last year despite also having learning difficulties that meant he has not got any qualifications. The problem for us is that he still has the awful meltdowns that appeared when he was a child. Just imagine a 6ft toddler having a major tantrum, with horrific language thrown in!!! The was what I woke up to on my birthday and is also part of the reason behind my awful health issues.
Well, may my scarves bring me serenity
Sorry for the moan.


to you all
Autism is such an interesting condition, but also very difficult to deal with sometimes. I think that people often forget that those with ASD do not grow out of it. In our case, DS (26) has learned to deal with a lot of the issues and to copy neurotypical behaviour (ie how the rest of us function in a social world). He is absolutely amazing at times and has managed to hold down a job for the last year despite also having learning difficulties that meant he has not got any qualifications. The problem for us is that he still has the awful meltdowns that appeared when he was a child. Just imagine a 6ft toddler having a major tantrum, with horrific language thrown in!!! The was what I woke up to on my birthday and is also part of the reason behind my awful health issues.
Well, may my scarves bring me serenity

Sorry for the moan.


