from my autistic son

As I sat at schools conferences last night at our inner city junior high and I heard all the things that my sons teachers had to say I realized how lucky I was to have my autistic son in my life...he teaches everyone around him what is really important, whether they want to know or not! And his brutal honesty and openness may take some people by surprise and even may even cause dicomfort but that discomfort is always with them and never with him. I learned that he loves geography, he is a leader in his sign language class and that his teachers are as surprised as I am by what obtacles he overcomes everyday. I learned that patience, true kindness and true honor come from within. And the fact that he is proud to be autistic and proud to have me as his mom and proud to have his niece who is only 6 months and born to his brother who is only 18 years old is humbling. Because he doesn't care what others think, he only cares that he is doing the right things, at the right time and for the right reasons. And more importantly he does them without malice or ill will. I think that if we could take a little of what he gives without judging the vessle that it comes in, we could all be better people...