Thursdays is the day when I like to write about autism or special needs in general. I like to flutter my words with encouragement, some wise thing I learned or read about, or give some insight into being a special needs family. This is all well and good, but sometimes we special needs folks can just get too serious about whatever conditions were dealing with. Sometimes we need to see the joy, humor and silliness present in a child that would not otherwise be there without their condition.

So in honor of feeling a bit windy and wacky today, I will list a few 'fun' things about having a son with autism and a daughter with ADHD. (side note: yeah its really windy! Pray it calms down as last December we lost our power for 7 days due to a wind storm. Not fun.)

The Autism Fun List:

1. You get to flap and spin and open and close your eyes really quickly and no one things the better of you ( have you tried doing this? Its actually kind of fun!)

2. You learn to LOVE when your child says things like "I not no bedtime, I yes no bedtime!" Hey the kid is talking in a complete sentence and back-talking me all at once! SWEET!

3. You learn new games like "Lets squish each  other in all the pillow cases while hiding under the mattress of our beds". Yeah that's a fun one!

4. You learn that you can eat three corndogs and drink a coke and immediately go out and jump on the trampoline for 2 hours straight and not get sick.

5. You learn that running without looking is okay because you have ran this way all your life.

6. You learn that they can learn and you can teach them, and they play the same 'lazy' games with you as your typical kids! How fun! Another child to test me. :)

The ADHD Fun List:

1. You discover how sweet, wonderful and precious Concerta is and how you never, ever forget to give your child her meds because the one time you do, wow you suddenly remember how life used to be so hard.

2. You learn how to use ADHD to your advantage by giving your child just one task to do really well.

3. You learn that yes, you can sit and listen to a child speak nonstop for over 2 hours and live through it!

Well that is all fun and good! I hope you can laugh a bit with me - sometimes a good laugh can fix so many bad attitudes - ours and others. :)

Also, I will be posting this at my new blog site: http://www.nowplayhappy.blogspot.com/

I will be posting their on a permanent basis soon. Keep me in your daily favorites list, just switch my address!

Janelle

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Posted by Annette

My son is doing so much better in homeschool. In regular school they were abusive and mean to him. Thanks again for doing this great sight.

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