Well we hear so many negative stories about the reactions of people to SN kids, so I thought I'd tell you a couple of good things that have happened recently. Last saturday we went to a local fete at a residential home for disabled adults. It was fabulous, and there were donkeys there. Now ds2 is obsessed with 3 things, cars, balls and donkeys (aka dordas to him). He has seen donkeys in the flesh before because we live near a donkey sanctuary, but never ridden one. Anyway on talking to the owners of the 2 donkeys it turns out they usually do rides for special needs children, as a hobby , and when they were told about ds they made such a big fuss of him. He had 2 rides on Florence and cried his eyes out when he got off. They held onto him the entire way round and made him feel very secure. They told us that they would be at another fete this weekend and gave us a contact number for them. So today we called them up to find out where they were going to be and they told us. We turned up and got the most fantastic welcome from them, Ds was over the moon to see Florence again. However this fete was a bit different, as it wasn't really a public do, but was in the garden of the vicar's house! They had especially asked for us to come knowing he would get a lovely welcome. We were introduced to the church warden who made a huge fuss of ds2 and the others. Everything was free, bouncy castles, ice cream, donkey rides. The donkey owners then invited us to bring ds2 for free rides every week at their farm, because they know it will help his spasticity. Then just before we left, ds2 was playing in a cozy coupe car (another obsession) and the church warden walked up and told us we could take it home as a gift, and invited us to the local mums and tots group she runs! Never met her before, and was very touched by the gestures of both people.
Sorry to waffle on, just thought it's nice to know that there are good and kind people out there.