I have a 15 year old son who has Autism. In short, its a neurological issue that interferes with social and commucation issues. Over the holidays my son had some new things to share with us.
Do you remember at school when you would cut out pictures from old magazines and then paste them on a sheet of paper with a theme? Well, my son grab all of my old gun magazines and proceeded to cut them up. I'm taking a guess that he was doing this in school and thought he would do some extra credit work over the holidays.
He then proceeded to cut up my wife's cookbooks. Food is one of his biggest passions. I'm guessing that with the guns and the food pictures his collage was about Thanksgiving and shooting a turkey to put on the table. Needless to say, mom was not very happy. I was amused, a little. So if you need any old magazines recycled my boy is your guy.
The other skill my son has mastered over the holidays is pouring out, our Britta water pitcher. Again, since we have a communication problem, I have guessed that he is mad that their is no more pop (soda, cold drink or coke) in the house and he doesn't want water. I'm not of a water drinker so I can understand where he is coming from.
School starts tomorrow and I can't wait to see what the next holiday break will bring. I for one think he is doing very well at getting his point across.
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