Lets Give Him Something To Talk About

Thankfully it seems as though the politeness fairy has come along and hit Alex with her wand recently. He has been saying things like "Please" and "No thank you", even when he really does want what the person is asking. He is starting to request more things in ways that people can understand, while not completely losing his independence and being able to get things that he knows where they are.

I am hoping that with the activities I have planned for his summer, that he will continue to use his own words to talk with people, rather than phrases from things that they may not understand. I got in contact with the horse trainers and they said that he will be learning how to ride and care for the horse like it is his own animal, so that he can create a bond with the animal.

The last two nights he has stayed with his Aunt Amy at her house. From what I have been hearing, he has been a good kid, but didn't want to get out of his jammies. I told her it is like he is getting a vacation, where he doesn't have to worry about mom or Tony, he just gets to be a kid playing with Amy's puppies and relaxing. He had to stay with her because I had my tonsils taken out on Monday, and it hurts a lot, making it very difficult for me to talk. I am glad he has been a good kid for her, and this may mean that he gets a present when he comes home.

I am hoping that for Autism Awareness Month (April), I can get something organized through my work to bring this issue to the community around us. There are a lot of things about Autism that people don't understand, or things that they have heard some celebrity (I strongly despise you, Jenny McCarthy) state as being fact when really it is bullshit. Sometimes people can't get their heads around the fact that we just don't know what causes autism, but since they need to put the blame somewhere, they end up hurting more than helping. By just accepting that we don't know what caused it, but it is here, is sometimes the best thing you can do. Not everyone is cut out to be a researcher, because too many people want answers NOW. That is just not possible. Vaccines didn't cause autism, as much as people want to blame it on them. Alex is still at the age where he doesn't understand what is going on, or that he is even different from other kids his age. He accepts help from them when he needs it, he gets hugs and high fives from his teachers and classmates, and to him, this is what preschool is all about. Learn some stuff, and play with his friends. He knows that when he gets off the bus at Grandpa's house, that he can relax and have a snack, and wait for mom to get there. He knows that his mom and Tony love him, and even though he gets frustrated with us, anyone can tell that he is very sorry for not being able to understand us sometimes.

With these new words coming to him, he will open up a whole new world of awesome. He tries to communicate now, and when he finally gets it, there will be no stopping the creativity that flows from that child's brain.