Autism’s In the House
April 27, 2007 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
I’ve been puzzling over the title of an article in the Student Operated Press by Peter Giordano: Autism May Be Coming to a Home Near You—-Maybe Even Yours. The wording sends echoes of some blockbuster movie “coming to a theater near you soon” (so autism coming into one’s home would be positive?), but there is also a sense of something a bit sinister (as is autism is going to make its way, home-invader style, into your house, so look out……).
For those of us who have autism very much in the house already, what I like to call the Autism Reality Show is nothing to be afraid of, and makes for some pretty good viewing, too.
We have a saying at home that has spread to work: “Never a dull moment.” It can mean that the day is exciting and full of unexpected happenings, or it can mean that we wish things would be a little more dull and therefore less exciting. It fits raising a disabled child, and it fits teaching tweens!!
I’ve also learned, better busy than boring.
My husband and I often joke that we see more wierd stuff in a day than most people see in a lifetime. Never a dull moment around here…. and we like it that way