tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545465610500649673.post7840169435440128398..comments2023-10-18T08:13:44.850-07:00Comments on Rooster Calls: Grandma, What Big Eyes You HaveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545465610500649673.post-32004506367282414512008-04-19T19:41:00.000-07:002008-04-19T19:41:00.000-07:00Wow, I have a brother I don't speak with, either. ...Wow, I have a brother I don't speak with, either. He doesn't have any kids. He's never met mine. I'm often sad, thinking how much of life he is missing by not knowing his own nephews. <BR/><BR/>The funny thing about Joey's diagnosis is when we first had it, I felt wildly alone, because nobody I knew had this, I had no frame of reference at all. Then suddenly, people in my life with autism came out of the frickin' <I>woodwork</I>. People I had known all my life. ("Oh, yeah, I've got Asperger's/Autism/oh, my mom said I had those problems when I was little. I never told you that?" No, you didn't, but it sure explains everything about you...) Adult people. Friends' kids. Neighbors. It was the strangest thing- like this strange little secret nobody wanted you to know, unless you were part of the club, too. WTF? <BR/><BR/>But really, it was more of just being part of their lives, they didn't think about it anymore, just like I don't really think of Joey as being disabled, he's just Joey. There was no reason for it to come up. I recently surprised a friend of mine with Joey's diagnosis- oops, it just never came up, and we don't live close together. Now her kid is having trouble, and she was shocked when I said, "hey you should have that checked out, Joey did that." "What do you mean?" "Well, he might have sensory integration issues, or he could be autistic, like Joey."<I> "Joey's autistic???"</I> <BR/><BR/>As "out there" as I am with Joey, I thought the world knew by now.<BR/><BR/>So hugs to Grandma on her road to understanding. At least she loves them just the way they are.Joeymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08254601805621175842noreply@blogger.com