From the article: Autism Stories: A Hug and Compliments for Mom
What are your autism success stories? Has your child with autism made a friend? Spoken his first words? Surprised you with a joke? If you're an adult on the autism specrum, have you found new ways to succeed in your personal or professional life? Share your stories here. Share Your Stories
Playing with other children
- My boy is 6; HFA,ADHD,ODD, & Speech Apraxia. He is in a Karate program (made orange belt with 3 stripes). One of the things they do is play a wrestling/tag game. We attended a prof. soccer game Saturday. There were lots of kids we didn't know playing the familiar type of games. For a long time, he has wanted so badly to play with other children. I always feel so bad when it doesn't work out for various reasons. He couldn't help himself from joining a group playing near our seats. One of his issues is that he gets too rough. These kids kept giving him odd looks, so we called him back to us. Then he ran to another group. One of the boys picked him up! He played, but kept looking at us for approval. It was getting rough and another dad spoke to the kids, but they kept playing. One of the boys hurt his brother and the dad came over. I ran to protect my son, but he didn't need it. I tried to get him back; one of them said "He can play with us if he wants." I didn't even mention his autism.
- —Mom_of_Michael
