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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