I rang the Autistic helpline yesterday
and cried my eyes out while I was describing DS to the very kind lady
I was telling her about DS "policing" and rule keeping
his bouncing
his behaviour when children come round here
his roaring until last year.
his not reading facial expressions or knowing when it is the right time to talk and when not
DH was talking to another parent this afternoon {who has known him for 7 years} and she said that the senior school he is going to will suit his
ECCENTRIC WAYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She is a friend and so wasn't being horrible but that is how everyone sees him
Yesterday one of the class said "why can't you just play XXXXXXXXX ????" when he was trying to stop them from swinging on the basketball posts
He wants them to stop cos it is wrong and dangerous
I showed him the olympic symbol circles and tried to explain that everything was linked
I told him that he had to pretend to be a policeman who hadn't got his uniform on and so was NOT allowed to tell others what not to do
He says he can't see the world in any other way than balack or white when I said he should try to see it in grey