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11 May 2010, 2:55 pm
nostromo wrote:
Hethera wrote:
I always assume when people make the "somebody needs a nap" comment that it's a clumsy attempt at offering sympathy. I can't even imagine the wrath I'd rain down on someone who had the audacity to comment on a kid being too old for a paci, stroller, etc. -- luckily for them, no one has ever made such a comment to me. What a great comeback for that one, liloleme!
CanadianRose, I love the idea of those cards and have been meaning to get some. My son is only 3, but already we are getting glances when we shop for clothes (a particular dislike of his, as he hates wearing "new" things and will alert everyone within a 10-block radius, for about 45 minutes straight, that he doesn't want school pants). He has developmental delays, but most old people (the worst offenders) aren't really "up" on their little-kid milestones and don't recognize that he has the speech and coordination of an 18- or 20-month-old. So to them, he looks like a really horribly behaved NT 3-year-old having an outrageous tantrum.
CanadianRose, I love the idea of those cards and have been meaning to get some. My son is only 3, but already we are getting glances when we shop for clothes (a particular dislike of his, as he hates wearing "new" things and will alert everyone within a 10-block radius, for about 45 minutes straight, that he doesn't want school pants). He has developmental delays, but most old people (the worst offenders) aren't really "up" on their little-kid milestones and don't recognize that he has the speech and coordination of an 18- or 20-month-old. So to them, he looks like a really horribly behaved NT 3-year-old having an outrageous tantrum.
That reminds me when my (NT) daughter was four she broke her leg. So one day I had her at the mall in a baby buggy because she couldn't walk and a lady said 'That child is too big for a stroller'. I was actually speechless, I mean my daughter had a totally exposed dayglo pink cast from her foot to above her knee.
It was such a stupid comment I couldn't think what to say, no snappy comeback there!
"Yes, well, if you a wheelchair that will fit her better, we would love to borrow it."
Not snappy, though
11 May 2010, 8:11 pm
11 May 2010, 8:19 pm
RightGalaxy wrote:
"Shut the F up" usually works.
LOL...Well, yeah, but I dont know if that is really teaching my kids very good social skills. Seriously, I have to keep myself in check or that is what I could do.
I also have the Autism cards but I have never used them. It would involve me digging through my purse and Im usually juggling kids and now I have this stupid cane. I did stick my tongue out at a woman once who was glaring at me because my daughter was having a meltdown on the floor in the hallway outside of our doctors office (there was carpet there). Im childish sometimes
12 May 2010, 8:07 am
liloleme wrote:
RightGalaxy wrote:
"Shut the F up" usually works.
LOL...Well, yeah, but I dont know if that is really teaching my kids very good social skills. Seriously, I have to keep myself in check or that is what I could do.
I also have the Autism cards but I have never used them. It would involve me digging through my purse and Im usually juggling kids and now I have this stupid cane. I did stick my tongue out at a woman once who was glaring at me because my daughter was having a meltdown on the floor in the hallway outside of our doctors office (there was carpet there). Im childish sometimes
You're childish notimes. You're simply you...which in my opinion is rather likeable. That "Shut the F up" was just to make you chuckle. That's not advice (especially if your kids are with you). Actually, I wish that someone (maybe you) can write a book of humour full of comebacks for various situations and questions...just for fun. Who knows? It just might take off and you can be a best-selling author. I had an acquaintance who used to write for publishers who make those little, tiny books that you see in the check-out lines of supermarkets. She didn't get rich but she did fairly well. She used to go on shopping sprees with the profit she made. She'd get those very things that she always denied herself like Vanderbilt blouses, good quality leather handbags, department store cloths for her kids instead of Walmart cloths, saffron for rice, etc...
12 May 2010, 12:11 pm
RightGalaxy wrote:
liloleme wrote:
RightGalaxy wrote:
"Shut the F up" usually works.
LOL...Well, yeah, but I dont know if that is really teaching my kids very good social skills. Seriously, I have to keep myself in check or that is what I could do.
I also have the Autism cards but I have never used them. It would involve me digging through my purse and Im usually juggling kids and now I have this stupid cane. I did stick my tongue out at a woman once who was glaring at me because my daughter was having a meltdown on the floor in the hallway outside of our doctors office (there was carpet there). Im childish sometimes
You're childish notimes. You're simply you...which in my opinion is rather likeable. That "Shut the F up" was just to make you chuckle. That's not advice (especially if your kids are with you). Actually, I wish that someone (maybe you) can write a book of humour full of comebacks for various situations and questions...just for fun. Who knows? It just might take off and you can be a best-selling author. I had an acquaintance who used to write for publishers who make those little, tiny books that you see in the check-out lines of supermarkets. She didn't get rich but she did fairly well. She used to go on shopping sprees with the profit she made. She'd get those very things that she always denied herself like Vanderbilt blouses, good quality leather handbags, department store cloths for her kids instead of Walmart cloths, saffron for rice, etc...
Thats a good idea maybe we should all get together and write one "Comebacks for Parents of Autistics & Special Needs For Nosey People". I have seen several on t-shirts like, "If you think Im weird just imagine what I think of you" and "Spanking doesnt cure Autism"....they have lots of them on Cafepress.com.
I do write fiction but I havent seriously looked for an agent yet. I think I will wait until I move....or at least finish one of my books. I have problems with finishing my stories....its sort of like giving a part of myself away, I think. Whenever I start a new one my husband always asks me if Im going to finish one of the others
12 May 2010, 12:27 pm
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