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I love 's sweet and loving nature. Most kids who are attacked

physically have a natural reaction to strike back. responds to

violence with love. She is the only girl in her autism classroom and

the boys are always shoving her, punching her, head-butting her, etc,

and her response is to give them a hug. She cannot comprehend why

anyone would want to hurt anyone else.

I also love how she shows the beauty inside of her with her music.

She cannot communicate her deepest emotions and the complexities in

her mind with words, so she creates beautiful music. Her music makes

her so happy, and it's wonderful to see the joy in her as she plays.

> On another list we are exploring autistic strengths and so was of

> wondering here what you as of parents see as the most cherished things

> of you dauhters on spectrum? what attribute do they demonstrate or

> reflect that is of to make you happiest and see you child in ways that

> are of endearing? {that means sees of you child in a special way}

>

> Like for me my missy I to like of her special sense of innocent humor,

> and her literal way of thinking to things. While she cannot spell well

> I to love to seeher creative attempts and her strength to not give up

> in her wants to be of a writer girl. She is of with multiple learning

> issues but she still is of one who is of eager to learn and keeps

> giving her best to learn. I to see that as a wonderful strength in her

> and wish I to had of that within self. I to usually get too frustrated

> in learning new things and give up.

>

> Sondra

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I love 's sweet and loving nature. Most kids who are attacked

physically have a natural reaction to strike back. responds to

violence with love. She is the only girl in her autism classroom and

the boys are always shoving her, punching her, head-butting her, etc,

and her response is to give them a hug. She cannot comprehend why

anyone would want to hurt anyone else.

I also love how she shows the beauty inside of her with her music.

She cannot communicate her deepest emotions and the complexities in

her mind with words, so she creates beautiful music. Her music makes

her so happy, and it's wonderful to see the joy in her as she plays.

> On another list we are exploring autistic strengths and so was of

> wondering here what you as of parents see as the most cherished things

> of you dauhters on spectrum? what attribute do they demonstrate or

> reflect that is of to make you happiest and see you child in ways that

> are of endearing? {that means sees of you child in a special way}

>

> Like for me my missy I to like of her special sense of innocent humor,

> and her literal way of thinking to things. While she cannot spell well

> I to love to seeher creative attempts and her strength to not give up

> in her wants to be of a writer girl. She is of with multiple learning

> issues but she still is of one who is of eager to learn and keeps

> giving her best to learn. I to see that as a wonderful strength in her

> and wish I to had of that within self. I to usually get too frustrated

> in learning new things and give up.

>

> Sondra

>

>

>

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> ------------------------

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>

[Guest guest]

Sondra, this is a great topic. My favorite joy with and about my is her

beautiful singing and love of music. She sings her way from morning to night,

and her voice is lovely. She creatively makes songs up and changes her voice

to imitate others sometimes. It is a gift and I often feel like I'm being

bathed in grace when I get to hear her sing. She also has a real curiosity about

the world and it's strange inhabitants. As she develops more ability to

identify her feelings and thoughts and express them, she is able to ask

questions

about why people do what they do, say what they say, etc. Her honesty and lack

of

guile is refreshing and wonderful.

Melinda

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[Guest guest]

Sondra, this is a great topic. My favorite joy with and about my is her

beautiful singing and love of music. She sings her way from morning to night,

and her voice is lovely. She creatively makes songs up and changes her voice

to imitate others sometimes. It is a gift and I often feel like I'm being

bathed in grace when I get to hear her sing. She also has a real curiosity about

the world and it's strange inhabitants. As she develops more ability to

identify her feelings and thoughts and express them, she is able to ask

questions

about why people do what they do, say what they say, etc. Her honesty and lack

of

guile is refreshing and wonderful.

Melinda

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thats great debi. what a wonderful thing to hear about.

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thats great debi. what a wonderful thing to hear about.

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[Guest guest]

There are so many things I love about Allie Kat. I love her sense of

humor, how she finds things so funny she falls over laughing. It's

like her entire body is full of joy when she laughs like that. I also

love how she notices things that most people never recognize. Like the

other day I found where she wrote " www.allie.com/ " with the slash mark

at the end. This isn't her domain, but she was wondering what it was

(thankfully nothing bad) but how many people would have noticed the

slash at the end? She also talks about all the different versions of

Windows. I also enjoy how she uses scripting to try & communicate.

Like when she gets mad at me or Craig she tells us " Run away and never

return! "

Another thing I love about Allie is how she puts her whole heart into

learning stuff she likes. Like this summer she was trying to teach

herself how to swim. She would go under & get a little choked on the

water because she had not yet learned to hold her breath, but I could

tell she was studying it. She would immediately want to try again. It

didn't matter how many times I tried to explain what not breathing

under water was, she needed to keep trying so her body could figure it

out. She kept trying & trying until she figured it out and now she

swims under water all the time without getting choked. I love that

about her that she doesn't give up and puts her whole self into

trying. She also is into her art work. I literally find hundreds of

pages of drawings around the house. It's not that she's *that* good or

anything, but she's taken an interest in how to draw so she wants to

practice at it over & over. Sometimes I get a little irritated that

she can't seem to stop, but I also respect that she doesn't want to

give up and wants to put her whole self into learning this new skill.

I also love that Allie enjoys being with me silently. I know that I

wanted so badly for her to speak and she can now but still struggles a

lot with language. With my other two kids they want to go to the store

and such with me & nearly drive me bonkers before we're home again

with all their " look at this...I want that...can I get this? " While I

wish Allie could do more of that because it would mean greater self

expression, I love it that I can take her with me to the store & stuff

& she enjoys just being with me and the experience. We don't have to

have endless conversations, we can just enjoy being near each other.

I also love Allie's freedom. While I know I have to teach her social

skills, I love it that she's free. Like today at the lake, she decided

she wanted to go tubing & hopped into the tube. While my 10 & 9 yr old

NT girls were scared to death to tube, Allie wanted Craig to take the

boat faster & faster. She loved going over all the wakes and then when

she wiped out she came up laughing & wanted to do it again. Then when

we got back to the camper she was tired of the wet clothes & stripped

naked. I know this can be a serious thing & we did work on her

understanding dressing & all, but I couldn't help but enjoy her

freedom without worry.

Debi

[Guest guest]

There are so many things I love about Allie Kat. I love her sense of

humor, how she finds things so funny she falls over laughing. It's

like her entire body is full of joy when she laughs like that. I also

love how she notices things that most people never recognize. Like the

other day I found where she wrote " www.allie.com/ " with the slash mark

at the end. This isn't her domain, but she was wondering what it was

(thankfully nothing bad) but how many people would have noticed the

slash at the end? She also talks about all the different versions of

Windows. I also enjoy how she uses scripting to try & communicate.

Like when she gets mad at me or Craig she tells us " Run away and never

return! "

Another thing I love about Allie is how she puts her whole heart into

learning stuff she likes. Like this summer she was trying to teach

herself how to swim. She would go under & get a little choked on the

water because she had not yet learned to hold her breath, but I could

tell she was studying it. She would immediately want to try again. It

didn't matter how many times I tried to explain what not breathing

under water was, she needed to keep trying so her body could figure it

out. She kept trying & trying until she figured it out and now she

swims under water all the time without getting choked. I love that

about her that she doesn't give up and puts her whole self into

trying. She also is into her art work. I literally find hundreds of

pages of drawings around the house. It's not that she's *that* good or

anything, but she's taken an interest in how to draw so she wants to

practice at it over & over. Sometimes I get a little irritated that

she can't seem to stop, but I also respect that she doesn't want to

give up and wants to put her whole self into learning this new skill.

I also love that Allie enjoys being with me silently. I know that I

wanted so badly for her to speak and she can now but still struggles a

lot with language. With my other two kids they want to go to the store

and such with me & nearly drive me bonkers before we're home again

with all their " look at this...I want that...can I get this? " While I

wish Allie could do more of that because it would mean greater self

expression, I love it that I can take her with me to the store & stuff

& she enjoys just being with me and the experience. We don't have to

have endless conversations, we can just enjoy being near each other.

I also love Allie's freedom. While I know I have to teach her social

skills, I love it that she's free. Like today at the lake, she decided

she wanted to go tubing & hopped into the tube. While my 10 & 9 yr old

NT girls were scared to death to tube, Allie wanted Craig to take the

boat faster & faster. She loved going over all the wakes and then when

she wiped out she came up laughing & wanted to do it again. Then when

we got back to the camper she was tired of the wet clothes & stripped

naked. I know this can be a serious thing & we did work on her

understanding dressing & all, but I couldn't help but enjoy her

freedom without worry.

Debi

[Guest guest]

these are wonderful sharing posts of the daughters here. it makes me

happy to see that there are wonderful things that are good about

spectrum that families here can see.

I to wish more would be to share here on this because this list has

over I to think a 1000 members or close to it and so it would be of

good to here of all the wonderful attirbutes the families see in thier

daughters.

Sondra

[Guest guest]

these are wonderful sharing posts of the daughters here. it makes me

happy to see that there are wonderful things that are good about

spectrum that families here can see.

I to wish more would be to share here on this because this list has

over I to think a 1000 members or close to it and so it would be of

good to here of all the wonderful attirbutes the families see in thier

daughters.

Sondra

[Guest guest]

Debi, I loved your post! What a great way to express your feelings and emotions

about Allie! She is so blessed to have you as her mother!

Since Sondra says that she wishes all the members would post something, I

decided to say something about my today.

She is 13 years old now. She has grown 2 inches this past summer. She is

taller than her sister (age 14)! We were watching the fireworks show this past

weekend and I overheard her saying to the older girl (age 23) that we brought

with us...this: " , what did you say? I missed it. Say it, again! " I

almost fell out of my chair! Normally she does not notice when she is missing

out on conversation. Plus, the fact that the noise from the fireworks! She is

surprising me every day. More than I ever knew I would ever hear.

Shanna (her mother)

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[Guest guest]

Debi, I loved your post! What a great way to express your feelings and emotions

about Allie! She is so blessed to have you as her mother!

Since Sondra says that she wishes all the members would post something, I

decided to say something about my today.

She is 13 years old now. She has grown 2 inches this past summer. She is

taller than her sister (age 14)! We were watching the fireworks show this past

weekend and I overheard her saying to the older girl (age 23) that we brought

with us...this: " , what did you say? I missed it. Say it, again! " I

almost fell out of my chair! Normally she does not notice when she is missing

out on conversation. Plus, the fact that the noise from the fireworks! She is

surprising me every day. More than I ever knew I would ever hear.

Shanna (her mother)

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Sondra,

My sweet turned 9 over the summer and makes sure everyone knows it! She

keeps telling teachers and aides at school, " I don't need your help anymore I am

9 and I am in 3rd grade " . They are a tad bit annoyed but I think it's great. I

love the way is not afraid to try new things and I admire her for all she

tries to do. She also taught herself how to swim this summer and was so proud (

as we all were). One last thing I really love about is that she is always

thinking about things in such an interesting way. For example se loves the books

and movie about Narnia. One day she said to me out of the blue, " Mom, isn't it

weird how in Narnia the kids went to the countryside to get away from the war in

London and then they end up fighting in a war in Narnia? " I just thought that

was so observant. Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Re: to all the moms and dads here

these are wonderful sharing posts of the daughters here. it makes me

happy to see that there are wonderful things that are good about

spectrum that families here can see.

I to wish more would be to share here on this because this list has

over I to think a 1000 members or close to it and so it would be of

good to here of all the wonderful attirbutes the families see in thier

daughters.

Sondra

[Guest guest]

Sondra,

My sweet turned 9 over the summer and makes sure everyone knows it! She

keeps telling teachers and aides at school, " I don't need your help anymore I am

9 and I am in 3rd grade " . They are a tad bit annoyed but I think it's great. I

love the way is not afraid to try new things and I admire her for all she

tries to do. She also taught herself how to swim this summer and was so proud (

as we all were). One last thing I really love about is that she is always

thinking about things in such an interesting way. For example se loves the books

and movie about Narnia. One day she said to me out of the blue, " Mom, isn't it

weird how in Narnia the kids went to the countryside to get away from the war in

London and then they end up fighting in a war in Narnia? " I just thought that

was so observant. Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Re: to all the moms and dads here

these are wonderful sharing posts of the daughters here. it makes me

happy to see that there are wonderful things that are good about

spectrum that families here can see.

I to wish more would be to share here on this because this list has

over I to think a 1000 members or close to it and so it would be of

good to here of all the wonderful attirbutes the families see in thier

daughters.

Sondra

[Guest guest]

ok, Sondra, per your request I'll pipe up a bit here!

Things I love about Beth. She loves everyone, and everything, she is

especially fond of animals. She doesn't have a mean bone in her body. She

seems to spread sunshine everywhere she goes.

She also shares my love of music. She sings all the time. She almost made me

cry this Sunday, at church, I sang a duet with someone (which took a lot of

courage from me for many reasons) and when I was done she whispered to me,

" Mommy you are the greatest singer ever " I'm tearing up now thinking about it.

She is also very brave despite her many fears. Two examples. One is this

summer at Girl Scout camp she protected another girl who was afraid of bees,

despite her own BIG fear of Bees. She also went on the Sky Screamer at

Marineland in Niagra Falls this summer. It was the only ride she went on (and

she went on alot) that she said made her tummy feel squeezy. But she went on it

all by herself! DH and I were not about to go on it!

There are so many more things about her I adore and love, but here are a few.

BTW she is at her first day of First grade right now! She is SOOO happy to be

back at school!

Crystal B

http://www.myspace.com/breger3

http://bethpuzzle.blogspot.com/

http://www.youravon.com/cbreger

[Guest guest]

ok, Sondra, per your request I'll pipe up a bit here!

Things I love about Beth. She loves everyone, and everything, she is

especially fond of animals. She doesn't have a mean bone in her body. She

seems to spread sunshine everywhere she goes.

She also shares my love of music. She sings all the time. She almost made me

cry this Sunday, at church, I sang a duet with someone (which took a lot of

courage from me for many reasons) and when I was done she whispered to me,

" Mommy you are the greatest singer ever " I'm tearing up now thinking about it.

She is also very brave despite her many fears. Two examples. One is this

summer at Girl Scout camp she protected another girl who was afraid of bees,

despite her own BIG fear of Bees. She also went on the Sky Screamer at

Marineland in Niagra Falls this summer. It was the only ride she went on (and

she went on alot) that she said made her tummy feel squeezy. But she went on it

all by herself! DH and I were not about to go on it!

There are so many more things about her I adore and love, but here are a few.

BTW she is at her first day of First grade right now! She is SOOO happy to be

back at school!

Crystal B

http://www.myspace.com/breger3

http://bethpuzzle.blogspot.com/

http://www.youravon.com/cbreger

[Guest guest]

All of these wonderful thoughts remind me of an issue with a different

family member. There's a great book by Mark Rainey, I think it's

called " The Forgotten Commandment " or something like that. It's about

learning to honor our parents by writing a tribute of what they did

right in parenting. It can be a very healing experience for those who

had bad parents (or bad experiences from parents.)

Not that our kids have done ANYTHING wrong, but we often focus on the

deficits & such. Writing a tribute to our kids positive contributions

to our world can be very healing to the big A word. As I've read over

these I see not our struggles, but our profound celebrations of girls

who are able in many wonderful ways that we would all like to be.

Debi

[Guest guest]

All of these wonderful thoughts remind me of an issue with a different

family member. There's a great book by Mark Rainey, I think it's

called " The Forgotten Commandment " or something like that. It's about

learning to honor our parents by writing a tribute of what they did

right in parenting. It can be a very healing experience for those who

had bad parents (or bad experiences from parents.)

Not that our kids have done ANYTHING wrong, but we often focus on the

deficits & such. Writing a tribute to our kids positive contributions

to our world can be very healing to the big A word. As I've read over

these I see not our struggles, but our profound celebrations of girls

who are able in many wonderful ways that we would all like to be.

Debi

[Guest guest]

Kim is now 15 & a freshman in high school! The first few weeks were a

little rough especially in resource math, but it's OK now. She has adapted

amazingly well to going to a huge high school, 2800 kids. She has improved

so much over the years in transitioning. She enjoys being in dance class &

choir the most, I think. On the 2nd day of school in chorus, the teacher

asked for volunteers to sing the scales in front of the class; she

volunteered & did it in front of everyone. She loves to perform, so am

looking forward to her choir concerts ( altho, to be honest, I'm a little

nervous b/c she can still make those outbursts & in high school those

performances are " professional " & she isn't in a little kids performance

where they're cute no matter how much they mess up)

She is a very loving girl & loves to hug. She is definitely a " mommy's

girl " , to the point where she tells Daddy no sometimes, poor guy. She gives

me the biggest hug after school when she sees me.

She does love her videos. Still trying to get her away from the Barneys,

Caillou etc. She does watch Kate & , but the younger years &

that's where she gets a lot of her video outbursts.

She's learned to type this year & is amazing how fast she can type with 3

fingers. She writes about where she wants to go & what she's packing; she

is not a light packer!

She loves going to Disneyland, so we try to go at least once a year but try

for twice. She loves Goofy's kitchen & loves being able to eat the McD's

fries there. We let her cheat there but they are good about doing gluten

free.

Yesterday at & Noble, she couldn't find me & had a staff person page

me! I don't know how she was able to communicate that, but however she did

it, it got done! That is so totally amazing for Kim to be able to do.

She loves to go to the mall, but mainly to go to B & N to buy dvd's &

videos. She walks really fast when she has a destination in mind. She

leaves us all in the dust, even the aides at school.

She is very aware of people with injuries & very empathetic, always asking

" are you OK? " She is a little obsessed with wheelchairs & blurts out loudly

about the person in the wheelchair & that she wants one too. : ) I tell

her she is able to walk so doesn't need one.

Glad you brought this up Sondra. Like someone else said, it's good to read

about all the positives of what our kids can do!

--

Marie

[Guest guest]

Kim is now 15 & a freshman in high school! The first few weeks were a

little rough especially in resource math, but it's OK now. She has adapted

amazingly well to going to a huge high school, 2800 kids. She has improved

so much over the years in transitioning. She enjoys being in dance class &

choir the most, I think. On the 2nd day of school in chorus, the teacher

asked for volunteers to sing the scales in front of the class; she

volunteered & did it in front of everyone. She loves to perform, so am

looking forward to her choir concerts ( altho, to be honest, I'm a little

nervous b/c she can still make those outbursts & in high school those

performances are " professional " & she isn't in a little kids performance

where they're cute no matter how much they mess up)

She is a very loving girl & loves to hug. She is definitely a " mommy's

girl " , to the point where she tells Daddy no sometimes, poor guy. She gives

me the biggest hug after school when she sees me.

She does love her videos. Still trying to get her away from the Barneys,

Caillou etc. She does watch Kate & , but the younger years &

that's where she gets a lot of her video outbursts.

She's learned to type this year & is amazing how fast she can type with 3

fingers. She writes about where she wants to go & what she's packing; she

is not a light packer!

She loves going to Disneyland, so we try to go at least once a year but try

for twice. She loves Goofy's kitchen & loves being able to eat the McD's

fries there. We let her cheat there but they are good about doing gluten

free.

Yesterday at & Noble, she couldn't find me & had a staff person page

me! I don't know how she was able to communicate that, but however she did

it, it got done! That is so totally amazing for Kim to be able to do.

She loves to go to the mall, but mainly to go to B & N to buy dvd's &

videos. She walks really fast when she has a destination in mind. She

leaves us all in the dust, even the aides at school.

She is very aware of people with injuries & very empathetic, always asking

" are you OK? " She is a little obsessed with wheelchairs & blurts out loudly

about the person in the wheelchair & that she wants one too. : ) I tell

her she is able to walk so doesn't need one.

Glad you brought this up Sondra. Like someone else said, it's good to read

about all the positives of what our kids can do!

--

Marie

[Guest guest]

I love reading these posts!

My Zoe just turned 4 in May and needless to say I love everything

about her. I especially love her innocence and that she too doesn't

have a mean bone in her body. She is a real gentle spirit. I love

that she has a real thirst for knowledge and has started asking me

all the time " What's that? " if she sees something she doesn't have a

word for. I also love how she makes me appreciate the small things

in life that we grown ups often overlook. Even this morning on our

way to kindy she said " Look Mummy there's a man! " A first I couldn't

see what she was talking about but then I noticed a workman by the

side of the road, almost completely hidden by bushes, spraying

weeds. She's like a little computer nothing gets past her and she

makes me realize that there's much more to life than just the bigger

picture. We need to take time out to see the little things too! I

also love watching her play with her little sister Amy who's NT and

listening to them giggle endlessly at their own little jokes.

Leigh

>

> Kim is now 15 & a freshman in high school! The first few weeks

were a

> little rough especially in resource math, but it's OK now. She

has adapted

> amazingly well to going to a huge high school, 2800 kids. She has

improved

> so much over the years in transitioning. She enjoys being in

dance class &

> choir the most, I think. On the 2nd day of school in chorus, the

teacher

> asked for volunteers to sing the scales in front of the class; she

> volunteered & did it in front of everyone. She loves to perform,

so am

> looking forward to her choir concerts ( altho, to be honest, I'm a

little

> nervous b/c she can still make those outbursts & in high school

those

> performances are " professional " & she isn't in a little kids

performance

> where they're cute no matter how much they mess up)

>

> She is a very loving girl & loves to hug. She is definitely

a " mommy's

> girl " , to the point where she tells Daddy no sometimes, poor guy.

She gives

> me the biggest hug after school when she sees me.

>

> She does love her videos. Still trying to get her away from the

Barneys,

> Caillou etc. She does watch Kate & , but the younger

years &

> that's where she gets a lot of her video outbursts.

>

> She's learned to type this year & is amazing how fast she can type

with 3

> fingers. She writes about where she wants to go & what she's

packing; she

> is not a light packer!

>

> She loves going to Disneyland, so we try to go at least once a

year but try

> for twice. She loves Goofy's kitchen & loves being able to eat

the McD's

> fries there. We let her cheat there but they are good about doing

gluten

> free.

>

> Yesterday at & Noble, she couldn't find me & had a staff

person page

> me! I don't know how she was able to communicate that, but

however she did

> it, it got done! That is so totally amazing for Kim to be able to

do.

>

> She loves to go to the mall, but mainly to go to B & N to buy dvd's

&

> videos. She walks really fast when she has a destination in

mind. She

> leaves us all in the dust, even the aides at school.

>

> She is very aware of people with injuries & very empathetic,

always asking

> " are you OK? " She is a little obsessed with wheelchairs & blurts

out loudly

> about the person in the wheelchair & that she wants one too. : )

I tell

> her she is able to walk so doesn't need one.

>

> Glad you brought this up Sondra. Like someone else said, it's

good to read

> about all the positives of what our kids can do!

>

> --

> Marie

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I love reading these posts!

My Zoe just turned 4 in May and needless to say I love everything

about her. I especially love her innocence and that she too doesn't

have a mean bone in her body. She is a real gentle spirit. I love

that she has a real thirst for knowledge and has started asking me

all the time " What's that? " if she sees something she doesn't have a

word for. I also love how she makes me appreciate the small things

in life that we grown ups often overlook. Even this morning on our

way to kindy she said " Look Mummy there's a man! " A first I couldn't

see what she was talking about but then I noticed a workman by the

side of the road, almost completely hidden by bushes, spraying

weeds. She's like a little computer nothing gets past her and she

makes me realize that there's much more to life than just the bigger

picture. We need to take time out to see the little things too! I

also love watching her play with her little sister Amy who's NT and

listening to them giggle endlessly at their own little jokes.

Leigh

>

> Kim is now 15 & a freshman in high school! The first few weeks

were a

> little rough especially in resource math, but it's OK now. She

has adapted

> amazingly well to going to a huge high school, 2800 kids. She has

improved

> so much over the years in transitioning. She enjoys being in

dance class &

> choir the most, I think. On the 2nd day of school in chorus, the

teacher

> asked for volunteers to sing the scales in front of the class; she

> volunteered & did it in front of everyone. She loves to perform,

so am

> looking forward to her choir concerts ( altho, to be honest, I'm a

little

> nervous b/c she can still make those outbursts & in high school

those

> performances are " professional " & she isn't in a little kids

performance

> where they're cute no matter how much they mess up)

>

> She is a very loving girl & loves to hug. She is definitely

a " mommy's

> girl " , to the point where she tells Daddy no sometimes, poor guy.

She gives

> me the biggest hug after school when she sees me.

>

> She does love her videos. Still trying to get her away from the

Barneys,

> Caillou etc. She does watch Kate & , but the younger

years &

> that's where she gets a lot of her video outbursts.

>

> She's learned to type this year & is amazing how fast she can type

with 3

> fingers. She writes about where she wants to go & what she's

packing; she

> is not a light packer!

>

> She loves going to Disneyland, so we try to go at least once a

year but try

> for twice. She loves Goofy's kitchen & loves being able to eat

the McD's

> fries there. We let her cheat there but they are good about doing

gluten

> free.

>

> Yesterday at & Noble, she couldn't find me & had a staff

person page

> me! I don't know how she was able to communicate that, but

however she did

> it, it got done! That is so totally amazing for Kim to be able to

do.

>

> She loves to go to the mall, but mainly to go to B & N to buy dvd's

&

> videos. She walks really fast when she has a destination in

mind. She

> leaves us all in the dust, even the aides at school.

>

> She is very aware of people with injuries & very empathetic,

always asking

> " are you OK? " She is a little obsessed with wheelchairs & blurts

out loudly

> about the person in the wheelchair & that she wants one too. : )

I tell

> her she is able to walk so doesn't need one.

>

> Glad you brought this up Sondra. Like someone else said, it's

good to read

> about all the positives of what our kids can do!

>

> --

> Marie

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My is 9 now and is so sweet and brave.

We had to have ear tubes put in this July and was so good

during the long wait for the surgery itself. She was scheduled for

11:00am. Which meant she had to fast since 6pm the night before. So

she had to forego her usual bedtime snack (really needs this to calm

herself before bed). Also, she couldn't have anything to eat in the

morning, she could only drink clear fluids until 8am.

We arrived at the hospital 30 minutes before surgery as instructed,

we were assigned a room to wait for them to take her down to

surgery. At 11 we were told our doctor was a delayed in a surgery 2

patients before us and we would have to wait a while longer. By

noon, we were all getting a little hungry and crabby, by 1pm we were

ready to cancel everything, but then they told us it would be just

another 30 minutes and they would give her the sedative and take us

down to the pre-op area. Through all of this played with her

little toys and we wandered the hallways of the childrens hospital to

pass the time. She was amazing. I think she knew all the while that

she would be getting relief from her ear pain after all was done.

Post surgery, I stayed the night with her in the hospital. After she

came out of the anesthesia, she still could not have anything to

drink for fear she would vomit. The poor girl had to wait until

about 6pm before I could finally give her a little sip of water.

She took the sip from the straw I held to her mouth, then looked in

my eyes (sighed) and said, " Thanks " . My heart melted. has

never thanked me for anything I've ever given her. After all she had

been through she was thanking me.

I Love her so much.

Mark

[Guest guest]

My is 9 now and is so sweet and brave.

We had to have ear tubes put in this July and was so good

during the long wait for the surgery itself. She was scheduled for

11:00am. Which meant she had to fast since 6pm the night before. So

she had to forego her usual bedtime snack (really needs this to calm

herself before bed). Also, she couldn't have anything to eat in the

morning, she could only drink clear fluids until 8am.

We arrived at the hospital 30 minutes before surgery as instructed,

we were assigned a room to wait for them to take her down to

surgery. At 11 we were told our doctor was a delayed in a surgery 2

patients before us and we would have to wait a while longer. By

noon, we were all getting a little hungry and crabby, by 1pm we were

ready to cancel everything, but then they told us it would be just

another 30 minutes and they would give her the sedative and take us

down to the pre-op area. Through all of this played with her

little toys and we wandered the hallways of the childrens hospital to

pass the time. She was amazing. I think she knew all the while that

she would be getting relief from her ear pain after all was done.

Post surgery, I stayed the night with her in the hospital. After she

came out of the anesthesia, she still could not have anything to

drink for fear she would vomit. The poor girl had to wait until

about 6pm before I could finally give her a little sip of water.

She took the sip from the straw I held to her mouth, then looked in

my eyes (sighed) and said, " Thanks " . My heart melted. has

never thanked me for anything I've ever given her. After all she had

been through she was thanking me.

I Love her so much.

Mark

[Guest guest]

Sondra, I love how gets so excited over little things. When she smiles

its like her eyes glow.

I have never seen another child smile the way she does, its so beautiful.

I love watching her and how she can concentrate on an object for such a long

time.

Simple things make her so happy.

Missy ('s mom)

to all the moms and dads here

On another list we are exploring autistic strengths and so was of

wondering here what you as of parents see as the most cherished things

of you dauhters on spectrum? what attribute do they demonstrate or

reflect that is of to make you happiest and see you child in ways that

are of endearing? {that means sees of you child in a special way}

Like for me my missy I to like of her special sense of innocent humor,

and her literal way of thinking to things. While she cannot spell well

I to love to seeher creative attempts and her strength to not give up

in her wants to be of a writer girl. She is of with multiple learning

issues but she still is of one who is of eager to learn and keeps

giving her best to learn. I to see that as a wonderful strength in her

and wish I to had of that within self. I to usually get too frustrated

in learning new things and give up.

Sondra

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