Things people say that make you laugh or [hmm]

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Pre-school Mum: Why do you pick DD up early?
Me: She doesn't cope with the ending of P-S.
Her: But she's bright, isn't she? She did a solo at Christmas...
Me:Yes
Her: Which school did you get?
Me:Special school.
Her: Reallly??!! Does she know colours?
Me: Yes
Her: Numbers?
Me:...Yes...
Her: Days of the week?
Me:Not a clue.
Her: Looks confused...

Today, same Mum:

Overhears DD saying "That's Lucy's car"
P-S Mum: She knew that was Lucy's mum's car
Me: Yes, she knows the cars
Her: See, she's quite bright!
Me: Yes, it's odd isn't it?

I think she is struggling to accept that a child can be bright and have SNs requiring 1:1

"How dare they say there is something wrong with my niece!" "err that would be my daughter..."

Riven, you made me snort wine out my nose!

I loathe the "but he looks so normal" line. What do you want him to look like? Purple with green hair and three horns out his head?

Oh, and I've got to love my brother, who occasionally brings toys around for DS2 to discover his inner Rainman. He just doesn't get that not all children/adults with an ASD are like that.

Man in shop: "Some of 'em have special skills don't they. I bet he can do all sorts". Not this one mate.

Boy in park: [horrified tone] "What's wrong with his legs?"
DH: "He's disabled. He was born like it"
Boy: [panicked tone] "You wanna get him down the hospital straight away!"

Too many people to mention: "Does he go to school?"

Just thought of another one...

My aunty is a hairdresser, and does my hair. Each time I go to her salon, she always says "Your DS2 was sent to you because you are special, and only special people can look after disabled children." and "Only trong people can look after a disabled child". Her heart is in the right place, she is only trying to make me feel better about myself, but her opinions are just so warped.

One particular mum at school, every day for the last 3 yrs or so.... She has glanced at ds2, glanced up at me... tilted her head & said
"Bless"

My mum, looking sagely at dd2: "I have a very strong feeling she'll be exceptional at foreign languages you know."
Me:

DD2 hearing impaired with receptive & expressive language disorder.

dd2 does seem to have invented her own words for things so maybe she has an innate knowledge of Macedonian or Navajo or...)

Old Man: 'why is he in a buggy' [points to DS1 aged 3 in a double buggy with DD1]

Me: because he is disabled

Old Man: whats wrong with him?

Me: he has cerebral palsy

Old man: whats that

Me: he has brain damage

Old Man: well he can't very brain damaged if he gets you to push him about

[shoock] I didn't know what to say to that!!!

SparklyGothKat my kind of humour, I'm afraid!

Me: We might be moving to Scotland.
MIL: Come and live in France...
Me: Yes, because DD1 would cope so well living on the Mountainside you have chosen to locate yourself on, and speaking a foreign language when English is a struggle

oh thats a shame he has ASD his so good looking

well if you keep putting him back to bed he'll tire out [as if i hadn't tried and up till 3 not ounce of tiredness thank god now for melatonin]

well dont give him the pull up and he'll poo on toilet[again as if i hadnt tried 12 days later in pain and constipated ]

well he looks so normal there cant be anything wrong with him

what so is he like that man in the film then thats gotta be good init [there speech not mine lol]

oh and well his so good looking luckily he should be alright

and from another person who's son has behavioural problems

your so lucky my son is so naughty your lucky yes very lucky i said i didnt sleep for 3 mths he has meltdowns that can shock sensitivities that can affect every day life but obviously im better off than you

and from same person x has to go speech therapy i know bubblaboy has good speech your lucky [speech delayed and lots of missing speech sounds ]some people just dont want to understand what we go through see through there blinkers lol

oh good grief Riven!

The guy that helped me get my back better after I knackered it ( carrying 12 year old DS2 will do that) told methat I could save DS2 if I found a place in my heart for Jesus.

I always wonder what kind of God they worship if they think he is a blackmailing, vindictive shit.

I am always when people use "them" or they... as in
He has autism
oh I know about them, they have all sorts of special talents don't they.

'Only special people are given special children'
that one really annoys me

my sons psychiatrist insists he's not autistic as he interacts with his carers ffs theres a huge spectrum plus the fact that if he's not autistic whys he at a school for autistic kids.

my ds is fab at maths so it makes that stick more in his case and i do find it annoying his good for his age but not a genius lol

riven i worked with sn children before i had ds and lots of parents used them phrases as a coping mechanism so i can see why some people think they are doing good by saying it as some parents with sn children do use this, can see its annoying though

my ds is fab at things i dont say too much again as they then focus on his can do's and forget about his cants and beleive in life he'll be fab as his a genius and has no other problems at all

well done to your ds

and if anyone else mentions Einstein i'll explode lol

riven some of the kids at my sons school go to university. he's fab at maths and computers but cant read very well,he has a scribe and reader to help him.

lol bless him most doctors i know are the quiet types

wait for it anyone that does well that hardly speaks [bet there all autistic heard that many times lol]

Im lucky in some ways i guess, when people say hello to DD1 and she either doesnt talk or will say hi quietly but wont look, "Oh shes very shy, isnt she". I just smile Im not explaining to everyone.

My fav came from our best friends "really we shouldnt have to label all these children, its not helpful and she does ok, doesnt she" LOL before they had children.

I've been told twice that I'm lucky ds is non-verbal.

The first time I was coming home on the bus after a hosp appt with dd (quiet little mouse) and ds in his Major, having shown the driver his bus pass he gets for having a disability. Near the end of the route some rowdy teenage boys got out of the emergency door and ran off shouting abuse to the driver. The driver looked at me and dcs (only us on the bus by now both dcs sitting quietly) and said "yours will be like that one day". I replied "I doubt it, I'll be lucky if my boy learns to speak at all" and she said "think yourself lucky". I couldn't believe anyone could be so insensitive but didn't want to cause a scene in front of dd.

Then I was told I was a "lucky bitch" (nice ) when I mentioned that ds can't speak, by a woman who was eavesdropping on a conversation I was having with another parent of an ASD child. I was a bit lost for words and said "er, I don't think so actually" but was told that her daughter screams and swears at her so I'm better off.