tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27817243.post3126042349801808242..comments2024-03-24T03:28:37.007-04:00Comments on Life With Joey: Asperger's AutismJoeymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08254601805621175842noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27817243.post-25122395772968728242010-02-26T20:34:30.156-05:002010-02-26T20:34:30.156-05:00Wow. Thank you for opening my eyes with this post....Wow. Thank you for opening my eyes with this post. <br /><br />*more applause*Miss Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13210249894351503887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27817243.post-16822809609397595732010-02-19T07:07:38.813-05:002010-02-19T07:07:38.813-05:00It's a great thing that Joey is marvelous in h...It's a great thing that Joey is marvelous in his math. Children with <a href="http://www.parentingaspergerscommunity.com" rel="nofollow">aspergers syndrome</a> have outstanding rote memory, but analyzing the world in a different way and have impenetrability with social, emotional and communication skills.Skylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181017656853678187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27817243.post-73730679399409227482010-02-16T09:25:07.752-05:002010-02-16T09:25:07.752-05:00*applause**applause*mommy~dearesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07851309941513538983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27817243.post-29003380233355726872010-02-15T11:49:58.633-05:002010-02-15T11:49:58.633-05:00His main difference from you? You can use language...<i>His main difference from you? You can use language better.</i><br /><br />Yeah, but I'm a grown up--who knows how Joey will be similar and different to me when he's also an adult? (I do get that this was rhetorical, but I thought it was also worth answering.)<br /><br />That's the main problem I have with so many adults--self-advocates who are dxed AS or parents who seem to loathe the self advocates (one springs to mind in particular). No one can compare a child to an adult. We can't know how Joey is going to grow, and learn, and become the best Joey he can be, and we can't retroactively alter my childhood to make me present more or less autistically. Trying to compare where I am now--college graduate, holding a job down, living on my own--and where Joey or any other kid is now is illogical (for kids on AND off the spectrum!), and it also speaks to only one subset of issues for those on the spectrum. I have a pretty good grasp on self-sufficiency and self-care skills, but I can't keep up conversations very well or make eye-contact consistently, and the variety of foods I won't eat is a little appalling. <br /><br />I see a lot of myself as a child in Joey, in Kristina's Charlie, in Emily's TH. All of the children on the hub remind me of me in little ways, because despite the great variety in presentations amongst us all, we are all autistic. I'm not better than anyone because I escaped recognition until I was a young adult, just different and a product of a different time--and just because my label says AS doesn't mean I suddenly am not autistic.<br /><br />I was autistic the whole time. I've just been waiting for everyone else to notice.<br /><br />Lovely post as always. If you ever decide to head to the Richmond AS meetup, let me know--it'd be well worth the drive to say hi.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17506113565483915394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27817243.post-68803587122620880632010-02-15T10:12:47.804-05:002010-02-15T10:12:47.804-05:00I know we are all struggling to get to a point wh...I know we are all struggling to get to a point where ALL are part of the autistic spectrum, regardless of whether high or low functioning, severely or mildly afflicted. Where we all agree seems to be that the wiring is different. The thing about the Hub is that the continuum doesn't seem to matter. <br /><br />This is a good vingnette of how autism is expressed, gained from careful observation. <br /><br /><br />We don't know what the future holds for our kids, but honest to God, Joey is so cute (well, Andy, too), and he reminds me of a professor I just loved who taught intro to Special ED. I wish Ben would allow me to put pictures of himself on the hub...ya tend to grow to care about the kids from their pictures and stories. Twenty years from now, will we still be singing our childrens praises on the Hub? I hope so...Usethebrains Godgiveyouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026223483117357541noreply@blogger.com