AIBU to say you can have the disability as well

[2shoesformyvalentine]

fed up with people wanting the few perks we get for their non sn offsping.
first they wanted the disabled bays, then the wheelchair spaces on the bus, now the toilets!!
what next will they want buggys free on the nhs
(ps this is a light hearted thread, I am so not in the mood to row with the "mummys" today) so what else could they have?

Loving those poems! They remind me of when I worked on the letters page of a women's magazine. All we need now is an amusing picture of a dog in a pair of sunglasses.

Hey, anyone that wants to can have the intellectual stimulation of playing 'guess what DD wants' when she is crying desperately for something--but, having no speech or gestures, we have to try and work out what it is. Milk? Food? A walk? Does something hurt? etc etc.

sorry supportman all the bollocks on here wound me up

They can have my "scehdule" too. Instead of

Monday: Gymboree
Tuesday: Tumbetots
Wednesday: Art classes
Thursday: NCT coffee morning
Friday: M&B swimming lesson

How about

Monday: Endocrinologist
Tuesday: Audiologist
Wednesday: SALT
Thursday: Hydro
Friday: makaton course

They can take the food fight we had last night when DS decided not to want to eat his food, so he threw it on the floor, screamed so much that he was sick and scratched his face so he was covered in blood and vomit.

Or the three hours I spent in the early hours of the morning because he didnt want to go back to sleep, rocking him. In the end I got into bed with him and pent the rest of the night trying to sleep in a sall cot-bed.

I have to admit though, I did once use a disabled toilet when I was pg with DD and had DS with me, as I was busting!

I've jsut spluttered coffee all over my keyboard thanks to the Davros poems!

I'll give away the parents evening I had last night when I ended up not hoping so much for progress but just anything that might not have gone downhill!

And I also have a coat on offer as he has decided that embroidery is a no no.

They could take ds1's (12) 'piano lessons'.... Happily playing piano - plonkity plonkity plonk - then caring parent leaves the room just briefly for a leak. Returns to find ds1 still happily playing piano, but with nappy on floor, poo trodden into carpet, poo on hands and - plonkity plonkity plonk - poo adorning every single key on piano.

Or family 'holiday' - 2-day drive to the South of France, grey with exhaustion, (why oh why did we do it?), and ds1's words on arrival...'Go home now'.

Oh, and the quick hoover-round I manage to get done when DS has gone to bed, because the hoover scares the life out of him - if anyone wants that, they are welcome to it.

Now I have read the Buggy/Disabled toilet thread (was avoiding it due to its size) I feel very ashamed of using a Disabled toilet, but in my defence I would like to add that DS cant be left on his own without being able to see me, otherwise it starts an awful meltdown and equals the end of whatever activity we are doing.

I'm wondering what I'm going to do as ds1 gets older. I can't take him in the ladies with me much longer. Generally atm, if jsut he needs to go, he uses the disabled, the dts and I use the ladies!

I have the same dilemma Chopstheduck. Ds is 9 and almost as tall as me, but still needs assistance, and occasional changes which can be tight in a little ladies cubical. I still have to take him with me if I have need and get looks especially since he has started to make loud inappropriate comments (and try to peak under the doors)! Sometimes to get 'my turn' I leave him to play with water /wash his hands whilst I wee at top speed and return to him before a flood alert is required. I plan trips around suitable multipurpose spacious facilities, but have been known to use the disabled loo to preserve ds dignity when all else fails.

1:1 swimming lessons. Yes, the instructor teaches DS 1:1 for the same price as she teaches the NT kids in groups of 4. Yes, it looks like a perk, but you have to have the fight in the car park, the meltdown in the changing room , and the refusal to get in the pool to qualify. Then when he does get in he lies on the bottom of the pool being a seal just long enough for you to start panicking.
he is a great swimmer though

I've had the 1:1 TA envy too. He is getting such a good education that he is terrified to step into a classroom at the moment. But hey, doesn't he read well .

(you may detect that this thread hots a bit of a raw nerve)

Ah yes, I get the free bus-ride to sn school too, such a perk, they can have that if they want along with the autism and the need to go to the sn school.
And I get free pecs materials, get to go on free courses for pecs and behaviour management, home visits from the speech therapist, and behavioural specialist.
Oh, i also get free (ugly)shoes with insoles especially made for my ds, they can have them along with the almost crippling hypotonia and hypermobility which means his joints can just give way at any moment.

ROFL at the 1-1 envy.
Hmm, must confess I do sometimes use disabled toilets, but with DS (19 mo and not walking) in the buggy and DD usually needing help (forgets to pull her pants up if I'm not careful ) I don't always have the option.
Was a bit sneaky and used the "disabled" queue in the supermarket the other day but couldn't face meltdown from hungry DD looking at the length of the other queues.
As for the other parents at pony club, always exhorting their kids not to be "led round" like DD and to do it themselves. This is a smile sweetly and say nothing moment!

They can't have dd's wheelchair: I need that for a clothes horse in the evenings!

lol at clothes horse wheelchair

Itell you what, they can not have my 3 year old's mad mad laughter

They can have our cheap cinema tickets. We never get to use them because ds can't sit still long enough to watch a film.

We tried it a couple of times. The second time he attempted to climb through the flip up seat and got himself stuck, then kicked off his shoes and lost them under the next row of seats. Yes, cheap cinema tickets are a wonderful perk...

How about pteradactly sound effects very realistic and LOUD!

wow is there a disabled que in a supermarket??
O often use the lower counter one(so I suppose that is the "accesible" one) never thought about it tbh

LOL LOL LOL

I can donate to the cause:

1- a state of the art massager to stimulate their sense of touch.

2- a wonderful white noise machine, that might help them get more sleep in the morning (NOT).

3- a laminator, almost new, well not really! Okay it is old and used hundreds of times but will come in useful for your very clever school projects!

4- endless episodes of SOMETHING SPECIAL recorded on my dvd machine (note to purchaser, you will be required to watch episode after episode over and over again if you want this invaluable commodity).

I can donate some AFO'S

Ditto the laminator and Something Special DVD'S.

As a complement to the lone wolf and pterodactyl noises I can donate repetitive "aaaaarrrrrrr" "aaarrrrrr" "aaaaarrr" noises that dd does when she is frustrated.

TinySocks - do you really have a white noise machine? My dd would love one of those