Guest guest Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Aw, that's a nice little bit of praise for Gareth, Margaret!!! Sure he could use that now, as well as YOU. HUGS, Donna > <<with everybody wondering why can't she get her to walk in. And I think > what > bothers me is I wonder why I can't do it too!>> > > Hi, Everyone.....Nereida and Carla.....I second all of Sara's > recommendations - especially a wheel chair for the older kids. You don't have to do > any explaining if you don't want to to strangers but I always tried to be > polite and just tell them 'he's autistic.' Now a days, everyone seems to know > someone with an autistic child, so it's not like 10-15 yrs ago when lots > of folks hadn't heard of autism. I, too, would scream and get angry after > fighting to get Gareth to go somewhere --- not too often, but enough to know > I shouldn't have done it and felt like crap after getting to that stage. > Most of the time, bribery worked for Gareth, but on rare occasions, it was > a battle that I wasn't going to win. > > Gareth started a new job today!!! It's at a 'sheltered workshop' --- > piece work --- but they do prepare kids for other outside jobs if they find that > they are capable. With the unemployment rate @10% here, even the campus > jobs that usually went to the special ed kids are being given to the regular > students. They said he did an excellent job. I am so glad......he's so > bummed or sickly lately > > Take care, Everyone > Margaret. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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