Comments on: Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come in Autismland

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 22:36:11 +0000

Really hope to meet Walker ans his dad someday—-hope you’re feeling better!

By: Kassiane

Kassiane — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 22:32:23 +0000

I met Walker’s dad in 2005.

It was one of the most refreshing conversations at the end of an overstimulating conferences, ever. Walker is close to my age, and he just wanted to tell me how great his son is and ask me about myself and the autistic people I work with, and ask if I’d been to Walker’s favorite places in Chicago. There was no hidden ‘I wish Walker could come to conferences like you’ or ANYTHING like I usually pick up from similar parents. Just a dad braggin’ about his 20 something son to a couple 20 something girls.

The home they’re looking to establish is very much needed in the midwest; I so wished I had the money at the time to buy his book, I wanted to know more about Walker and his running. He and Charlie might meet some day and run together! Like a mentorship thing! That’d be cool….(sorry…thinking through seizure hangover, too much excitement here for one holiday…)

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 06:58:38 +0000

Thanks for all the light all of you have brought into our lives and here’s, I certainly hope, to many more years together.

Peace and Joy.

By: Julia

Julia — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:05:01 +0000

I am hoping that when I am gone, Sam’s siblings will be able to provide at least some help — I don’t expect either of them to take him in, if one of them wanted to care for him that way if it were necessary, that would be lovely, but I don’t expect it.

At this point, I just want to raise them all so that none of them resents any of the others when they’re adults. (There are certainly days when Sam probably would be happier not to have the sister he has, but I think in the long run it will be good for both of them to have each other as siblings. Younger brother is just easier for everyone to get along with in general, that’s just who he is.)

By: Daisy

Daisy — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 03:34:17 +0000

My cousin (autistic, early 40s) lives in a home similar to the one Walker’s family would like to establish. It is a great relief to his parents to know he is safe.
Have a very merry Christmas! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences throughout the years.

By: mcewen

mcewen — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 23:57:08 +0000

Familiar and yet ‘new’ – hope you don’t get too many bruises. Glad you made [survived] the flight. Seasonal Greetings

By: Wade Rankin

Wade Rankin — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 22:49:17 +0000

Thanks for always looking for new light. Merry Christmas to the Chew-Fisher family.