One of Matthew's teachers was very vocal about the fact that she didn't think anything was wrong with Matthew, she thought he was faking. To look at him, you can't see anything wrong with him. He's not sitting in the corner drooling. He can walk, he can talk and he can run! To talk to him, he knows enough to know how to act in front of people (thank God I've tried to instill at least some amount of respect for adults even if he doesn't show respect for me at times!), so he seems like a normal, well rounded kid. And he is. But, spend a day with him, maybe even a few days and you will see the Aspie come out in him! He will either talk your head off about his favorite video game (currently transformers), or he will make up some silly joke that doesn't make any sense but he thinks is hilarious. Or he will take something you say the wrong way. Our family is a family full of pickers. We like to pick and joke with each other. It's how we show we love each other. But, most of the time Matthew gets fired up mad at something that we said, but meant no harm. Bless his heart, he had to be born into a family of pickers and jokers! As an Aspie, that can be very confusing! a bug is the biggest lie we know!
Asperger's is not a disease and it is not a curse. My son is beautiful, sweet, kind and talented. He loves life and he loves his family. Is he normal? Well, let me ask you something. Are you? Do you know what normal is? Who defines normal? These are things that I am forced to ask myself. These are things that people don't think about until they are faced with something like Asperger's.
"But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19
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