autism is a journey: Vampire Teeth!

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Vampire Teeth!

Callahan got some of those plastic vampire teeth at an arcade. He got an extra pair for Jackson. This morning I hear "RRRAAHHHH, RRRRAHHHH, RRRRIAHHHH" Hmmm....
Jackson has the vampire teeth in and is playing the part. :-)

Little things like that are truly heartwarming for us!

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1 comment:

tylerbritney said...: LOL! That is great that he is engaging in imaginative play and so appropriately!! :)

I want to vote for you guys to win the Disney vacation, but since I am an employee, I am not qualified to do it..:( You know I would vote a million times for you to be able to come down and see the mouse again!; March 22, 2008 at 4:16 PM

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from "Metaphor-the puzzle piece symbol"

Ever had one of those "ah-ha" moments? I'm driving down the road today, pondering Jackson's recent successes--boyscout camp and football camp. It occurred to me that each experience gave me back a piece of Jackson. [I'm not doing a very good job explaining this...] When we learned about Jackson's diagnosis, so many dreams were snuffed out. We no longer thought about our son becoming an athlete, a scholar, or even a friend. We thought in much smaller terms:"how many words does he have?""did he learn a new sign""is he reaching out to us?""that's playing pretend, isn't it?"Our perspective as parents permanently changed. It's like we had this complete picture of our child and autism fractured it--into a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle.Each day little by little, we get pieces of the puzzle back. It'll never be complete, never the same as we expected, but there will be parts that will come together.Like when he participated in the school music program, enjoyed boyscout camp, rode the roller coaster and attended football camp. Bit by bit, we get pieces of what we expected back.Of course, the flip side of this is all the joys we gain from Jackson that we never expected in spite of the autism, but that's another post my friends....