A day without autism
July 5, 2009 by Jill Cornfield
Filed under Health
Ned and I went to Grandpa’s for the 4th of July. Jeff and Alex went to the Bronx Zoo. Ned and I had sparklers, fireworks, barbecue. Alex had hot dogs and played with toy animals.
I had a break from autism. Jeff had about 30 hours of autism (except when he was sleeping — luckily Alex slept through the night, too).
Photo courtesy of JunCTionS (flickr.com)
So this puts us at something of a marital disadvantage this evening, when I’m tired and feel like kicking back, but he’s been working (really – it is a kind of job, coping with Alex except for a couple of breaks). It’s the boys’ bedtime; he feels snappish and put-upon; I feel like I’m back in a newsroom, where you get the time off, but not the work: if you take time off, you simply pay for it when you get back.
Well written blog with an always positive message. A time-to-time break from parenting is necessary to recharge personal energies. This is an universal truth with added importance for parents of children with intellectual disabilities such as autism, Down syndrome, etc.
If you ever add a category for “intellectual disability”, I would respectfully recommend ideal-way.ca and/or ideal-way.blogspot.com as particularly worthy of inclusion. Also, they hold outstanding annual contests and celebrations which are exclusively for same.
As you previously, sagely, quoted “‘Life isn’t a matter of having a good hand. It’s a matter of playing well the cards you’re dealt.’”