#bath My boys ... just thinking about Autism differently: Day 7 #bath My boys ... just thinking about Autism...

#bath My boys ... just thinking about Autism differently: Day 7 #bath My boys ... just thinking about Autism...: Day 7 of #bath My boys ... just thinking Autism differently my final blog in the run up to world Autism Day ... I have tried to write a...

Day 7 #bath My boys ... just thinking about Autism differently

Day 7 of #bath My boys ... just thinking Autism differently my final blog in the run up to world Autism Day ...

I have tried to write a blog this evening but I am so exhausted by all of today’s antic's…and I have read so many wonderful statements and comments over the course of today the awareness has been so awesome that I really cannot think of anything to say without using someone else's words.

My boys and myself have achieved so much faced with our daily challenges, so I will leave you for now with this …. they say a picture can paint a thousand words, so here you go, my boys most definitely do think differently about their autism !

                         

My final #bath picture My boys ... just thinking about Autism differently

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#bath My boys ... just thinking about Autism differently: Day 5 #bath My boys ... just thinking about Autism...

#bath My boys ... just thinking about Autism differently: Day 5 #bath My boys ... just thinking about Autism...: After tomorrow evening I will be taking a wee break from blogging, I know I will be sharing away again soon, there is parts of my life that...

Day 6 #bath My boys ... just thinking about Autism differently

After tomorrow evening I will be taking a wee break from blogging, I know I will be sharing away again soon, there is parts of my life that are yet still too raw to share.

I will let you into a little secret, last night was really my final choice #bath picture … but as many of you lovely lot know I always have something up my sleeve, even my poor mother has not got a clue, god love her … she tried her best this morning to get it out of me.

I appreciate all your messages of support they have come from near and far, I know a few of you have said that can hear my voice when reading this late at night, “I'm hoping the sound of my voice does not result in you all having nightmares”

I want to especially thank my long suffering dad for putting up with me and taking the time to read my blog, I know the word “BloggING” was some what confusing for him ! I feel a clip around the ear coming for that one …. no seriously, my mum and dad have gone out of their way to support me with the way I wanted to bring up the boys … when I went home to tell them that I had been told “Liam would not achieve much” their answer was, “really” !!!

I taught the boys to use sign language, my parents learnt it and still use it today … my dad even misuses the naught sign a bit to much. He even came up with the “don't touch me game” which every now and then he still plays with Liam … it helps Liam to over come being touched.

I most definitely can say I get my determination from them ... they took our kind of bullying approach to autism and embraced it.

Bullying Autism … We use this word bullying in our conversations a lot well “my husband does,” he uses it in a descriptive way.

Really up until writing this blogs, “I would cringe at the sound of it” then I would speak at hundreds of miles per hour to make sure the person we were speaking to understood that we were not abusing our children …

Bullying is actually what we do to the condition ... we have pushed ... pulled and challenged our children to think … think outside of the box about why they can not deal with the noise levels,

why they cannot touch that chair or table

why can I not have my hair cut 

why they cannot put their socks on without it being the left leg first and never the right

why does everything have to be clean ... by 'bullying' their understanding …

We have taught them to control their own conditions, everyday we hear and see them bullying their Autism. If I actually wrote everything that happened in my day to day life I think I would be called a liar, they reduce me to tears at times and make me laugh so hard my side hurt at others.

So I suppose I should share this evening #bath picture with you ...

Tomorrow is our day of celebration our chance to go Red for Autism … A day for people to think differently ! enjoy

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