He'll be 16 this summer. We're past the "oh my god, autism" stuff. Now we're in the "Okay, the autism stuff is so much easier than the teenager stuff!" lol
We're lucky, he's a high functioning moderate and in one of the best (if not THE best) public school county for autistics. His current classroom has 3 students, 1 teacher, and 1 or 2 para-pros. We've had a hard time since moving from California, but for his sake I am sooooooooo glad we did. He advanced more in a school year here than he did for most of his elementary years there.
I've considered writing about him, or using him as a template for a fictional character, but I've not really been able to approach it. Parenting an autistic takes a lot out of you, even when they are high functioning and not in the severe category. It's one of the reasons I couldn't substitute teach in a special ed classroom--I already have enough going on with my own son. Love him dearly, but having to deal with more than one of him would just be too hard.
You can read more about him on our rather out of date website about him here: http://taz.domynoes.net/
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Date: 2008-03-25 04:04 am (UTC)We're lucky, he's a high functioning moderate and in one of the best (if not THE best) public school county for autistics. His current classroom has 3 students, 1 teacher, and 1 or 2 para-pros. We've had a hard time since moving from California, but for his sake I am sooooooooo glad we did. He advanced more in a school year here than he did for most of his elementary years there.
I've considered writing about him, or using him as a template for a fictional character, but I've not really been able to approach it. Parenting an autistic takes a lot out of you, even when they are high functioning and not in the severe category. It's one of the reasons I couldn't substitute teach in a special ed classroom--I already have enough going on with my own son. Love him dearly, but having to deal with more than one of him would just be too hard.
You can read more about him on our rather out of date website about him here: http://taz.domynoes.net/