Okay. This one made me cry.
My son has been recently diagnosed, so I'm just beginnning the journey. I just had to comment that these posts are AMAZING. You need to turn them into a children's book. Seriously. I know I'll be referencing them when I need a way to explain things to the kids in my son's life. Thank you.
Bravo! ! brilliant to bring it back to each kid and his/her own differences, what a beautiful way to end.
Thank you for giving me the words to use with my son's class. he is in 4K and is trying his best but sometimes i don't know how to best help or explain and you did it splendidly. You have no idea what you are doing to help moms like me who have to do this alone. thank you.
My children were in the building at the Platte Canyon High School shooting. What you are writing about and teaching not only helps Bud, and your readers, but it goes a long way in helping all of those kids and their peers for the rest of their lives.
School is always a place where it is okay to be different. Applies to EVERYONE. Second the motion for a book.
Me too! I'm a crying. I want to share this with my elementary students. I teach elementary art - and this is a lesson all kids need. Beautiful way to put it.
Do you think my husband would mind if I ran away and married you, because I totally would right now.
this is absolutely fabulous. it's real, it's accessible, and it's what every kid desperately nears to hear.
Since I discovered your blog about 10 days ago I have become totally hooked. I can't tell you how many times I hit the refresch button hoping the next day's story will soon appear. I have also shared it with many others who have also been touched.
Please keep writing, please keep sharing, and please keep inspiring us to help our children be the best they can be.
And could you please explain the fire drill bell panic in a future post?
just reading this one brought tears to my eyes!
"Take it with you for the rest of your life." Yes. Yes. Yes.
Autism aside--I think the advice about "Be different, be yourself" is SOOOO IMPORTANT!!!
ESPECIALLY as these kid move into middle school--I went to a middle school (40 years ago) where if you were different, you were dead (socially speaking). And from what I have seen of today's schools, in many places it is still the same. Kids feel forced to choose between being socially "dead", or hiding who they are and what they think, and feeling "dead" on the inside.
We as parents can try to support them, but they themselves need to have that inner courage and strength to dare to be different in the face of conformity.
please, turn this into a book, please. WHAT SCHOOL IS THIS???? - this is amazing... my son has a.s. I have just discovered your blog. So happy I did... thank you for writing all of this... this whole story is amazing and should be required reading.