Hello there. If you have read this for awhile or read the archieves you know I have a Autistic son. He is a beautiful happy healthy 3 year old boy. I love my son. He means the world to me. Since he's been diagnosed as being autistic I have heard a lot of negative statements such as he will probably never show much affection and he wont be able to communicate with you, and we were even told he might not even walk well if at all. you see he was originally considered as severely autistic and in the beggining he didnt do any of those things and if the negative statements were believed he probably still wouldnt. Today my son is very active; runs ( well walks really quickly :-) ) plays, is quite affectionate and even though he still doesnt talk ( a few words) he still manages to get his point across. I still hear that he will never be normal. He was born with missing brain tissue, doesnt hear much at all, and theres something going on with his feet that he is wearing special shoes hoping it will correct itself as he grows; so no he will never be normal, but who is? I personally really hate the word "normal" when it 's applied to people. in my 35 years on this planet I have yet to see a "normal" person. I have seen many many people with similiar behavior traits that could collectively be called "average" but not one single "normal" person. So my son will never be average. My son ,in my opinion, is far beyond average; he is exceptional. I have seen many "average" children get frustrated quite quickly when trying to do something for the first time and scream and cry for mommy and daddy to do it for them; not my son. He tries and tries and he usually succeeds in accomplishing the task at hand. I have seen many "average" children and adults who come up with many reasons why they cant do something. My son who was born with much against him doesn't give up and just sit on the floor and wait for things to be done for him. You might be saying I am biased, well obviously he IS my son. A fact I am quite proud of. I have learned many things about life by watching and interacting with him. Seeing him ,who has many more things to overcome than I, keep trying to learn and accomplish things usually without complaint ( usually he IS only three), and I think about that whenever I try and do something and think about giving up saying its too hard or I can't do it. My son; he's had many challenges put in his life and still he goes about life living, learning, happy and active... average? I dont think so.

Hey all its me again :-) of course who else would it be it's MY blog :-) Well its going to be another hot one today it was 113 yesterday and it is suppose to be hotter today. You know what I dont get and I am sure many of you probably have experianced the same thing; people complaining about the weather. Now why do you suppose that is. Is it because (1) they don't remember the way it was the year before? (2) Mabey they live in a totally sealed enviroment ( a sealed habitat for example) which is supposed to have controlled weather, or (3) mabey they just like to complain. So for those people I say in order...take some vitamins it will improve your memory, get your equipment fixed so it will regulate correctly ,and, get a life and stop complaining we dont want to hear it :-) Personally I think it is a bit too warm for my personal taste lately and my son does not handle the heat well at all, but will me complaining help..no it won't. I just except the fact it is hot here in the summer and cold in the winter and thats just the way it is. Well talk to you all later. Hope your having a great day. :-)