A lighter moment in the world of AS

[Guest guest]

On my son, Josh's, first birthday (three years before he was diagnosed

with AS) the only present we could afford to get him was a Mickey Mouse

squeeky toy (I think it was actually a dog toy!)Little did we know...

He's now 16 and still obsessed with " the Mouse " . He has M.M. sheets,

blankets, toys, clocks, cups, t-shirts,etc. It's a regular rodent riot

in our apartment! When he started High School I told him he had to back

off a bit...that other high school kids might make fun of him for

worshipping Mickey. So much for that...everyone at his high school

brings him things with Mickey on them! He even has been given a Disney

Corp. annual report with the Mouse on the front cover. The only

downside to this is that he has a tendency to get right in peoples'

faces when he sees them wearing Mickey Mouse clothes. There was one

incident where he apparantly poked another student (female) in the

chest because she had on a Mickey t-shirt. His teachers are working

with him on the whole " personal space " issue and he's getting better

about it. He'll run up to somebody, but then stop himself before he

gets too close (most of the time.)

Just thought people might like to have a little chuckle in the often

serious world of AS. Pat