Thursday, May 3, 2012
Sitting in night class
So yesterday as I sat in my night class, I noticed a man's bracelet who was sitting in front of me. It said AUTISM AWARENESS and had the ribbon on it. I was not sure if it would have been polite to ask him about it so I didn't. About half way through class we were put into groups to discuss some readings and he was in my group. After discussion about several stories he mentioned his children and wife, and held his bracelet and said "my son has autism." To my surprise, he was very open about discussing this (as I was not sure if he would be) and I told him about my blog I had started. He was excited about it and wanted to know if he could do anything to help. I told him I'd like to ask him some questions next week just to get a better sense of what his life is like with a child who is autistic. So I look forward to this and will update my blog with this information next week!
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That is exciting Liz. You could maybe even use him for the interview. Did he say how old is child is? I always get nervous and think that parents don't like to talk about their child with a disability or a disorder, but I think parents who have accepted it, embrace it and want to let other people know about it.
ReplyDeleteHey! His son is five years old and I have already interviewed a mom for the interview or I would have definetly asked him! I hope to talk to him though and in a way 'interview' him to hear more about his story and what kinds of accomodations are made in his everyday life with his son. I will keep you updated.
ReplyDeleteLiz, my blog is about siblings of those who are diabled and I was looking at various videos and I found this one, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1kbfaCuit4 and it was great. It is about a girl explaining her younger brothers autisim! In case you want to watch it
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