As I mentioned in my last post, yesterday I met a mom in this town who also, has an Autistic child. I noticed that Daniel went over to her three kids and started running with them right away. He was laughing and trying to participate in their “running around the tree” game. Daniel does not go up to children without prompting normally. He will steer clear and watch with caution as he plays alone. This is what did not register fully with me, I took note and thought how awesome it was that he was trying to play, but I did not go in deep thought about the situation.
The mom kept looking over at me and I smiled cordially, but I did not want to talk.
I did not pay much attention to her kids because I was concerned about Joshua. He had plopped on the grass and watched the children. He seemed off all day, he is the one who loves to play tag and will go up to any kids at the park and ask them to play tag or chase. He is not interested in playing anything else when the other kids ask though. I asked him if he wanted to play and he said no. After a few minutes, Daniel started running the perimeter of the wall. He does that to get familiar with his surroundings – he does that at every new place we go.
The woman walked over to me and started making small talk.Continued ...Yesterday, I Met My First ASD Mom (Here)
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