Re: the intuition of those who have autism

[Guest guest]

I suspect this is true, this special sensitivity. Right after my son

was diagnosed, I noticed that when I visited other parent's home to

check out their programs, often the afflicted children would

spontaneously approach and engage me non-verbally. I just figured they

spotted me smiling at them out of their peripherial vision. Other

parents noticed it too, and I was eventually drafted into playing

Santa Claus for FEAT families in Sacramento at our Christmas party,

and later a large non-public school for a few years because I could

read the autistic children's level of comfort and respond accordingly.

The last couple years the line for Santa grew to over 60 kids and by

the time I was done, I was totally exhausted. Finally, I had to quit

and hand my Santa suit over to another dad.

Lenny

The Jewish Santa

1997-2001

>

> this is a warm anecdote which I bet occurs more frequently than we

think. I expand that it probably occurs because our kids have an

inate increased sense of being able to identify through karma other

people who are kindly disposed twards them.

> Our 13 yr daughter often will make an overture towards a person.

She has NEVER been wrong The reraction of the other party has ALWAYS

been warm.

> Take care

> n

>

> This just happened to us yesterday. On the way home from my son's

> after school, we stopped in a gas station in a struggle working class

> neighborhood in Sacramento to get gas and goodies. In front of us at

> the cou! nter was this stereotype figure: a large African American male

> around 6' 10 " , 40ish, with a gruff voice, a jacket with a union

> emblame and steel toed shoes. He turns to leave, and my son, 18, who

> stands just under 6 " reaches up and gently touches his face making

> brief eye contact. It's a thing he does with strangers every so often

> to my horror. Before the man can react I go into my rescue social

> situation with autism routine. I bark at my son " No, Izak! Don't

> touch " and then hopefully address the man with " he's autistic " before

> he can react. He blinks for a second expressionless, then a big smile

> crosses his face. " I have a 4 yr old son with autism, I know! Hello,

> Izak, can I buy you a snack? " He turns to me and says, since my son, I

> love all kids with autism! " Turns out he has a daughter on the

> spectrum, too. Without me saying a word, he offers that he " thinks

> it's the shots they got that messed them up. " We exchanged names,

> shook hands and left the attendant on the other end of the counter

> smiling. Nope, no epidemic around here, I thought. We're just

> anecdotal idiot strangers who don't understand better diagnosing.

>

> Lenny

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

" Oy Oy Oy, Merry Christmas? " Santa comes in many disguises (just

ask Rev. Ted) and check out the photo of that male " masseur " in

nothing but a Santa Hat on www.Huffington.com. WOW!

KS

>

> Lenny

> The Jewish Santa

> 1997-2001

>

>

> >

> > this is a warm anecdote which I bet occurs more frequently than

we

> think. I expand that it probably occurs because our kids have an

> inate increased sense of being able to identify through karma other

> people who are kindly disposed twards them.

> > Our 13 yr daughter often will make an overture towards a

person.

> She has NEVER been wrong The reraction of the other party has

ALWAYS

> been warm.

> > Take care

> > n

> >

> > This just happened to us yesterday. On the way home from my

son's

> > after school, we stopped in a gas station in a struggle working

class

> > neighborhood in Sacramento to get gas and goodies. In front of

us at

> > the cou! nter was this stereotype figure: a large African

American male

> > around 6' 10 " , 40ish, with a gruff voice, a jacket with a union

> > emblame and steel toed shoes. He turns to leave, and my son, 18,

who

> > stands just under 6 " reaches up and gently touches his face

making

> > brief eye contact. It's a thing he does with strangers every so

often

> > to my horror. Before the man can react I go into my rescue social

> > situation with autism routine. I bark at my son " No, Izak! Don't

> > touch " and then hopefully address the man with " he's autistic "

before

> > he can react. He blinks for a second expressionless, then a big

smile

> > crosses his face. " I have a 4 yr old son with autism, I know!

Hello,

> > Izak, can I buy you a snack? " He turns to me and says, since my

son, I

> > love all kids with autism! " Turns out he has a daughter on the

> > spectrum, too. Without me saying a word, he offers that

he " thinks

> > it's the shots they got that messed them up. " We exchanged names,

> > shook hands and left the attendant on the other end of the

counter

> > smiling. Nope, no epidemic around here, I thought. We're just

> > anecdotal idiot strangers who don't understand better diagnosing.

> >

> > Lenny

> >

> >

> >

> >

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[Guest guest]

Ewww. They ruined a perfectly perverted

photo of a naked man by putting it with that story about the gay evangelist. WTF???

Well, if you want a good perv,

Crowe is on 60 minutes tonight. Now he would be a very Merry Christmas present

indeed. Lol

From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of krstagliano

Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006

5:14 PM

EOHarm

Subject: Re: the

intuition of those who have autism

" Oy Oy Oy, Merry Christmas? " Santa comes in

many disguises (just

ask Rev. Ted) and check out the photo of that male " masseur " in

nothing but a Santa Hat on www.Huffington.com. WOW!

KS

>

> Lenny

> The Jewish Santa

> 1997-2001

>

>

> >

> > this is a warm anecdote which I bet occurs more frequently than

we

> think. I expand that it probably occurs because our kids have an

> inate increased sense of being able to identify through karma other

> people who are kindly disposed twards them.

> > Our 13 yr daughter often will make an overture towards a

person.

> She has NEVER been wrong The reraction of the other party has

ALWAYS

> been warm.

> > Take care

> > n

> >

> > This just happened to us yesterday. On the way home from my

son's

> > after school, we stopped in a gas station in a struggle working

class

> > neighborhood in Sacramento

to get gas and goodies. In front of

us at

> > the cou! nter was this stereotype figure: a large African

American male

> > around 6' 10 " , 40ish, with a gruff voice, a jacket with a union

> > emblame and steel toed shoes. He turns to leave, and my son, 18,

who

> > stands just under 6 " reaches up and gently touches his face

making

> > brief eye contact. It's a thing he does with strangers every so

often

> > to my horror. Before the man can react I go into my rescue social

> > situation with autism routine. I bark at my son " No, Izak! Don't

> > touch " and then hopefully address the man with " he's

autistic "

before

> > he can react. He blinks for a second expressionless, then a big

smile

> > crosses his face. " I have a 4 yr old son with autism, I know!

Hello,

> > Izak, can I buy you a snack? " He turns to me and says, since my

son, I

> > love all kids with autism! " Turns out he has a daughter on the

> > spectrum, too. Without me saying a word, he offers that

he " thinks

> > it's the shots they got that messed them up. " We exchanged

names,

> > shook hands and left the attendant on the other end of the

counter

> > smiling. Nope, no epidemic around here, I thought. We're just

> > anecdotal idiot strangers who don't understand better diagnosing.

> >

> > Lenny

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ---------------------------------

> > Cheap Talk? Check out Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call

rates.

> >

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