Here are a few of my favorites…
YOU MAY BE FROM AN AUTISM HOUSEHOLD IF:
- The locks and alarms on your doors are similar to those on prison cells.
- Your child can have the same thing for lunch every day and always enjoy it.
- You are no longer alarmed by piercing, high pitched screams but only by the sound of broken glass.
- The definition of a clean house is now, one that doesn’t have an overflowing trash can, dishes in the sink are rinsed, and laundry is at least in the hamper or in the basket.
- Someone walks into your house and asks if you live in a dangerous neighborhood and you say no… the window locks, gate locks and three types of door locks are to keep my kid in… not bad guys out.
- You can communicate with your non-verbal child without using words, PECS or sign language.
- You still have to tie your teenagers shoe laces.
- You have holes in your walls that were caused by your child’s head during meltdowns.
- You know your child pooped…you just don’t know where.
And this one is more like me than him – he just has to eat his food in a particular order.
Your child has to sort his fruit loop cereals according to colors before eating them.
This is a partial list from the Facebook page Single Mothers who have Children with Autism.Visit the site to view the complete list!
Sweet Aspies 