State: Georgia
Country: USA
Member since: Mar 28, 2008
Last logged in: Sep 16, 2008
After years of telling doctors that something else was wrong, we were told that Aaron has Asperger Syndrome. I was confused and scared, but I have come to realize that AS didn't change Aaron. He's still the wonderful, strange, funny, little boy that I wanted everyone else to have a chance to love. If anything the diagnosis has made it easier for a lot of people (but not all) to look past "odd" behaviors and see how fantastic Aaron is.
If anything I struggle with the idea that Aaron isn't "autistic enough" for me to be able to seek support and comfort in a community like this. I can't explain the feeling. I think it's insane, but that is where I am. Maybe it's part of the process, maybe it's just me.
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by Aaronsmom on 04.25.08 - public - 96 visits
My favorite picture of Aaron in water is already on my page, so I decided to share a different one. This is Aaron playing in a creek in Gatlinburg, TN this past summer. Grandma, Great-Grandma, and Great-Grandma took all three kids on a week's vacation while I was in school. Exploring the creek, seeing the ducks, looking for "arrow heads" and being in the water are easily some of Aaron's favorite things to do. He seems so relaxed in and around water. One day he'll grow up to be my little environmentalist. He is already very concerned about the environment,global warming, and the effect we have on them. Believe me, we recycle everything!
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shannonj
Posted on Fri, 25 Apr 2008
That photo takes me back to my childhood in GA....Playing in the creek--catching salamadars, collecting the gray clay from the banks and bringing it home and baking little treasures....
Crofty
Posted on Fri, 25 Apr 2008
Oh, what a little star, that's fantastic! There's definitely great things to come for him!
mercurymom
Posted on Fri, 25 Apr 2008
Good for him! I love that he is into recycling at such a young age and understanding his place in nature. He will WOW you one day with what he does with his life...as if he is not doing that everyday as it is now!!
