Guest guest Posted May 1, 2003 Report Share Posted May 1, 2003 OMGoodness!!! That is sooooooooo awesome. WTG. Please give him extr hugs and high fives from me!! That must have been hard for you to let him try it by himself Jacquie. I'm proud of you too!!! I'm just doing a happy dance here. I can't stop smiling....that is just fantastic!!! Love, prayers and heart hugs, Debbie (GA), Mom to Evan (4.5 y/o with ToF, RBBB, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asthma); (now a whole year old and HH and NT?); and my 3 angel babies whom I will finally see when God says it's time! 9:1-3 ============================================================ Date: 2003/05/01 Thu AM 10:28:57 EDT To: <parenting_autism > Subject: long short story ============================================================ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2003 Report Share Posted May 1, 2003 He is sooooo aware of himself. This is great. Jacquie H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2003 Report Share Posted May 1, 2003 WOW!!!!!! That is just AWESOME!! WTG . ellen long short story This is one of those stories of mine that need a long explanation to tell a short story. Please bear with me, as the ending is SO COOL! The standard school routine for all other children is: arrive early, line up with your class at the outer door, enter school with your class when the bell rings. It's a chaotic, crazy scene, despite how orderly it sounds. In kindergarten, could handle it, but in grade one he just couldn't - for whatever reason. For all of this school year, our routine has been: leave the house at 8:54, arrive at school after bell has rung, park right outside playground gate. runs from the car to the door, all of 25 feet across the deserted playground while I wave from the car. It cuts the time close, but his teacher says he gets into the classroom on time, so she doesn't object. THIS morning, we were early. I have no idea how that happened; it's a one-in-a-million occurence. The line-ups were still outside, but we managed to get a parking space right at the corner of the fence, 50 feet from the gate. I said, " , we have three choices: drive around til the bell rings and we can park at the gate; walk up to the lineup together, or you go up the sidewalk and in the gate by yourself. " The last option filled me with horror, but I had to offer it. " I wanna walk in by myself, " he said. " Okay! " I was terrified, but totally proud of him too. And confident, because I had a clear sightline for his whole walk from car to lineup. He took his backpack, said goodbye, and shut the car door. He walked about 15 feet, then came back and opened the door again. " I'm afraid to walk by myself, " he said. I jumped out, walked him to the gate, and stood outside the fence while he got in his class lineup. When he looked at me, I gave him a huge thumbs up and a big grin. Then the line went in. I am SO PROUD he told me he was afraid! I am SO PROUD he COULD tell me he was afraid! I am SO PROUD that he TRIED to do it on his own!!!!! It totally made up for the fact he was verbally stimming, singing in his tuneless monotonous buzzing all the way to school!!! :-) Just had to share! :-D Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2003 Report Share Posted May 1, 2003 That's SOOO awesome Jacquie! Way to go !!!!! Debbie with twins - Jordan (ASD) 2.5yo - (NT) 2.5yo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2003 Report Share Posted May 1, 2003 WOW! Sounds like is having a real awakening to the world of emotions. What a wonderful development for him. Yay for you both! (SAHM in GA) MSN elizabethloht@... n 33, mo, no formal dx Phoebe, 11 wks long short story > > This is one of those stories of mine that need a long explanation to tell a short story. Please bear with me, as the ending is SO COOL! > > The standard school routine for all other children is: arrive early, line up with your class at the outer door, enter school with your class when the bell rings. It's a chaotic, crazy scene, despite how orderly it sounds. In kindergarten, could handle it, but in grade one he just couldn't - for whatever reason. > > For all of this school year, our routine has been: leave the house at 8:54, arrive at school after bell has rung, park right outside playground gate. runs from the car to the door, all of 25 feet across the deserted playground while I wave from the car. It cuts the time close, but his teacher says he gets into the classroom on time, so she doesn't object. > > THIS morning, we were early. I have no idea how that happened; it's a one-in-a-million occurence. The line-ups were still outside, but we managed to get a parking space right at the corner of the fence, 50 feet from the gate. > > I said, " , we have three choices: drive around til the bell rings and we can park at the gate; walk up to the lineup together, or you go up the sidewalk and in the gate by yourself. " > > The last option filled me with horror, but I had to offer it. " I wanna walk in by myself, " he said. > > " Okay! " I was terrified, but totally proud of him too. And confident, because I had a clear sightline for his whole walk from car to lineup. > > He took his backpack, said goodbye, and shut the car door. He walked about 15 feet, then came back and opened the door again. > > " I'm afraid to walk by myself, " he said. > > I jumped out, walked him to the gate, and stood outside the fence while he got in his class lineup. When he looked at me, I gave him a huge thumbs up and a big grin. Then the line went in. > > I am SO PROUD he told me he was afraid! I am SO PROUD he COULD tell me he was afraid! I am SO PROUD that he TRIED to do it on his own!!!!! > > It totally made up for the fact he was verbally stimming, singing in his tuneless monotonous buzzing all the way to school!!! :-) > > Just had to share! :-D > > Jacquie > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2003 Report Share Posted May 1, 2003 Oh I am sorry, I didn't mean scared for his safety, I meant scared in the sense of doing something BIG for the first time. What you don't let your child walk down the sidewalk alone? I let mine play IN the street LOL j/k Re: long short story > that is so great!! I was scared for him just reading it. How mature of him!! Well, reading it over I realized you all could imagine he was walking down a sidewalk along a street, which would be VERY scary, and I wouldn't allow THAT! LOL. There's a sidewalk that borders the parking lot and sides along the fence of the playground. :-) The parking lot is barricaded in the mornings until 8:55. So no, if anyone was wondering -- I wasn't sending him down a STREET sidewalk! LOL. Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2003 Report Share Posted May 1, 2003 > He is sooooo aware of himself. This is great. More and more all the time. Like the other night when he freaked out and then was able to trace his hysteria to something that happened at school, NOT the thing that set him off. That just floored me. Now, though, I'd like to turn that awareness outwards, if I could. He's really busy alienating Ben by being boastful and dismissive. Of course, when I think about it...how thrilling his repertoire includes boastful and dismissive! Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2003 Report Share Posted May 1, 2003 > that is so great!! I was scared for him just reading it. How mature of him!! Well, reading it over I realized you all could imagine he was walking down a sidewalk along a street, which would be VERY scary, and I wouldn't allow THAT! LOL. There's a sidewalk that borders the parking lot and sides along the fence of the playground. :-) The parking lot is barricaded in the mornings until 8:55. So no, if anyone was wondering -- I wasn't sending him down a STREET sidewalk! LOL. Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2003 Report Share Posted May 1, 2003 Man has he come far!!! How wonderful for your whole family! Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2003 Report Share Posted May 4, 2003 > > I am SO PROUD he told me he was afraid! I am SO PROUD he COULD tell me he was afraid! I am SO PROUD that he TRIED to do it on his own!!!!! YAY for . Great story; great progress. > > It totally made up for the fact he was verbally stimming, singing in his tuneless monotonous buzzing all the way to school!!! :-) > Ah, well, you win a few and you lose a few. With any luck the former beat out the latter. Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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