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I was born in the early 1980s. I grew up in the small towns and remote villages of North East India. I didn't know it when I was young, but now when I look back, I believe I had and I still have mild form of autism. I had speech problem and stammered a bit. More importantly, I didn't give eye contact to others while interacting. I even preferred loneliness to socialization.
A Prayer:
It's not only an expectation but a fervent prayer of a parent of a child with special needs that the child is always in safe secure environment and that the professionals , teachers , care givers , family members , all people dealing with the child equally value the child and are kind and sensitive towards the child looking beyond the disability .
A few Ground Realities ;
Does having special needs means you are no longer free?
Dear parent of the newly-diagnosed child with autism,
I know how you feel because I have been where you are. I know how lost, scared, confused and devastated you are.
I cannot tell you that your child will be cured, because there is no cure for autism as of now. I cannot tell you that it will be an easy road, because it is not.
Let me Play Mommy…..
Let me feel the breeze caress my face
Let me walk at my pace
Let me go out and run around
And watch the bees and butterflies prance all round
Let me Play Mommy…..
Let me splash in water and grab handfuls of sand
Let me watch with wonder the creatures so grand
With all shapes and sizes making many different sounds
let my bare feet touch and feel the ground
Let me Play Mommy…..
Let me reach and bend, pounce and roll
An incident at home triggered this topic. My son, has so many irrational fears like the sight of a headphone, Mike and speakers, specific music tracks and songs and so on.
Here's what Suja Pisharody, an autism mom and advocate, has to say about her experience with "Autism Acceptance"
