Another HUGE Drew moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LIZARD]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! I still can't believe this....

He was out with Liz, his therapist, yesterday, and wherever they were, they met this guy (therapist, father...not sure) along with a teenage boy (17, Liz guessed). Drew started talking to the boy, who was flapping his hands and staring off. The man said, "He can't hear you..." and then addressed Liz. "He's autistic."

Drew looked up at him and in his animated way, he said, "Like me?" The guy honestly thought he was kidding!!!!! He turned to Liz, who nodded, and he shook his head in disbelief. :D


LIZARD, shaking my head in disbelief!!!! :D

[PainInTheNeck]

Thank you for sharing this.....a warm moment. I am somewhat emotional right now so it brought tears to my eyes. It feels good to cry a happy tear or two. What a darling you have there!

[LIZARD]

Oh, it brought tears to my eyes, too! He's definitely in there! :)


LIZARD, Drewy's proud mommy :)

[Isabelle]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! I still can't believe this....

He was out with Liz, his therapist, yesterday, and wherever they were, they met this guy (therapist, father...not sure) along with a teenage boy (17, Liz guessed). Drew started talking to the boy, who was flapping his hands and staring off. The man said, "He can't hear you..." and then addressed Liz. "He's autistic."

Drew looked up at him and in his animated way, he said, "Like me?" The guy honestly thought he was kidding!!!!! He turned to Liz, who nodded, and he shook his head in disbelief. :D


LIZARD, shaking my head in disbelief!!!! :D

"he can't hear you.." was deaf and autistic? because what i noticed when i got to know adult autistic is that they hear perfectly well, no matter their vocal noises, hands stimming, lack of eye contact but they can hear you !

[lacyndarella]

Oh YAY DREW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's my boy!!!!!!!!!!

I've known for quite a while that he is very empathetic. I visited a few years ago and slept on the couch. Drew was very excited I was there and spent a lot of time with me. He slept on the floor, which is apparently not unusual...he would have if I had been there or not. But very early one morning, I awoke with Drew standing over me staring me in the face. I opened my eyes, and he said with immense concern, "Lacy are you alright?" I must have been snoring or dreaming or something. I said yes, I was just asleep and he said okay and went back to being Drew. But for a second there (or longer - however long he was actually watching me that close) he was a very concerned little boy.

It sure is neat that someone experienced with Autism didn't recognize it in Drew. As for the not hearing comment...well, the man may have been trying to explain it in a way he thought Drew would understand...not really meaning that he can't hear, but more that he won't hear and respond. But rather than try to explain that he just used the easiest term. Just a thought.



Lacy

[gynwhyver]

That's incredible! What a sweet boy you have there.

[milivica]

I am most touched by Drew (like other kids on the spectrum) having no judgment of the child, or his behaviors, and deciding to talk with him. One thing that's really really nice about autism, the lack of judging and condemning others, or treating them in a subhuman way cause of some superficial thing like flapping or rocking or not being part of the popular crowd. Know what I mean?

I was pretty caught off guard by the therapists (or dad's) saying he can't hear you, hope that was some polite nt way of saying he's not ignoring you or something. I'd hate to think a caregiver would believe that.

What a sweetie Drew is. Nice he realizes that autism is not something exclusive to him, who the heck wants to feel alone?

[LIZARD]

I was pretty caught off guard by the therapists (or dad's) saying he can't hear you, hope that was some polite nt way of saying he's not ignoring you or something. I'd hate to think a caregiver would believe that.

I think it was. :) I know a lot of parents and caregivers have a hard time trying to explain to kids why young autistic kids/low-fucntioning kids behave the way they do. He probably thought it was just an easier way of explaining the boy's inability to engage him in conversation. I'm just so blown away by this guy thinking MY kid was typical!!!!!! HOLY $H!T!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

LIZARD, who still can't get the footprints off the ceiling!! :D :D

[LIZARD]

What a sweetie Drew is. Nice he realizes that autism is not something exclusive to him, who the heck wants to feel alone?

Mil, did I tell you when I saw his teacher for the last time this year that she had tears in her eyes when she talked about him going to JHS in the fall? I think she's really gonna miss him.


LIZARD :)