Looking Through the Eyes Of a Child With Autism

In 1999 a child was born. "He cried all the time," His mother told me. It was hard to find out what he wanted. He was hard to please and by the time he was ready to start school at the age of 5 years old, I had the teachers test him, they found that he had Autism Speetrome Disorder, Communication Disorder, Asperger Syndrome Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder (ADHD). The child is now 8 years old and is now my stepson. I have found that with autism, he looks the same as other children. Taking him anywhere is a challenge for him, because his senses are stronger than mine, the lights, smells, sounds and everything else disorients him, The smell of person ahead of us. That hasn't taken their shower today, drives his senses into overdrive. He tells us " they stink" we have to tell him to be nice and not say that. It hurts peoples feeling if you say things like that.

Though His Eyes

I asked him, what is your favorite thing to do? He responded look at books, but not just any books. It has to be Comic Books and/or Dictionarys. Why do you like these kinds of books? All the words. What else do you like to do? Play games. Any kind of games. No. Video games and Board games. But I like to be by my self of the time because other kids get on my nerves. Don't you have a lot of friends? No. What are you good at? Organizing things, by color and size.I like to tear things apart to see how they work and what they look like inside.Do you put them back together when your done? Sometime, but most of the time I forget how to. Do you like school? No. Why not? Teachers get on my nerves. I like the work, but the other kids make fun of me and call me names. Like what? Baby and that make so mad I want to punch them,but I don't.They also call me Ugly when I'm bald, that's why I don't like to be bald headed. What kind of cloths do you like? My cloths have to fit tight. Do you have many meltdowns? Yes! When my monsters get out of their cages, they are strong, but the mean side are stronger then they are, but they still get out. I don't like to be look at, it drives me crazy. But I do like to go fishing. Who is the most important person in your life? My mom.