Aspergers

The horrible thing about Aspergers is that the autistic child looks completely normal. Unlike normal developing children, Jayden lacks social and communication skills. He love other children and wants to be with them all the time, but he does not fully understand how to get along with them. This often scares the children away. The older he gets the better he does, so my hope is that eventually he will be able to have a more “normal” social life. The hardest part for me is the looks I receive when he is misbehaving. The look that says, “get your spoiled child under control.” It breaks my heart that people can be so cold.

I cringe at the thought of having to run into the grocery store with him. Even if I am running in to get one thing which would normally take 5 minutes takes up to 30 minutes with Jayden. He throws a fit because he wants to look at the toys if I don’t take him it gets worse if I leave the store without looking at the toys I hear about it the rest of the day. If I take him to look at the toys then he wants one. It is usually not the 99 cent car that I offer to buy it’s the pack of five cars that costs $10. Then he throws a fit when I tell him he cant have it. There is no bargaining like you can do with most children. He knows what he wants. So I can’t win. Now that he is in school I can go to the store without him but there are still other places where I will get that look. People need to be more aware of these children and their behaviors and support and help the parents not be rude to them.