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Taking my beautiful son out for a day!

mischief

Yesterday, we went to a wildlife park. Joel (adhd, asd, etc) has a new obsession, taking photos of animals. He was so focussed on this that he was totally unaware of anyone else around him! And the animals also included any pet dog on a lead! Sometimes you feel so alone and isolated. Not to mention, embarrassed! I want to shout at people who don't understand. Tell me how you all cope?

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  • We have grown to laugh at the reaction of other people over the years and its the only way to protect ourselves. If our grandson says or does something innapropriate or melts down in public there are always 'good citizens' on hand to put us right with 'that child needs a slap...or you shouldn't have left it so late to instill discipline in the child'. When we explain our grandson's condition to people we often get 'That's still no excuse for bad manners'. The level ignorance out there is still breathtakingly high. When your child has walloped a perfectly unsuspecting little boy or girl in a playground for simply insisiting that they get their turn on the slide..what else can you do other than apologize and move on.

    Our grandson told an elderly man that he was old and wrinkly once. Even though his one to one apologized and explained a vehement complaint was still sent to the headmaster at his school.

    We apologize and then go home and have a good laugh at it. 

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  • We have grown to laugh at the reaction of other people over the years and its the only way to protect ourselves. If our grandson says or does something innapropriate or melts down in public there are always 'good citizens' on hand to put us right with 'that child needs a slap...or you shouldn't have left it so late to instill discipline in the child'. When we explain our grandson's condition to people we often get 'That's still no excuse for bad manners'. The level ignorance out there is still breathtakingly high. When your child has walloped a perfectly unsuspecting little boy or girl in a playground for simply insisiting that they get their turn on the slide..what else can you do other than apologize and move on.

    Our grandson told an elderly man that he was old and wrinkly once. Even though his one to one apologized and explained a vehement complaint was still sent to the headmaster at his school.

    We apologize and then go home and have a good laugh at it. 

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