If you could be granted a simple wish to make it easier...

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What would it be?

I would wish that the zoo had special hours/days for ASD kids and their families only.

That is a great wish! I love the zoo, but the other children and the smells of all the cooking treats make it hard for me to stay very long, even more so when I was little.

I would wish that at sleep away summer camps, they let you have at least an hour of alone time a day, if you need it. At the sleep away camps I've been to, they get mad if they find you by yourself and drag you to go "have fun" and have "camp spirit". I couldn't do it, nor could I explain to them why I didn't even want to, that I was just fine, by myself and that I was not lonely. I couldn't explain to them, either, why I collapsed crying at the "all campers, all counselors, Beach Party!". I had to sit in the nurses office the rest of the day in the dark before would even speak to anyone! It was a good thing my best friend was able to drag me off the ground onto my feet and guide me, befoe counselor found me there, while I covered my ears and closed my eyes and moaned to the nurse. They assumed I was having a dehydration migraine. If they only knew..

I would wish for omniscience.

Balance the budget? Easy.

Cure for AIDS? Easy.

What women really think of me? Ea ... uh ... maybe not ...

I would like it if those loud, bass-thumping stereos were outlawed. The noise in my life would be reduced by at least 80% and my nervous system would have a chance to heal a little.

For my stepmother to actually love and appreciate me for who I am and what I am (which I happen to think is actually a very sweet, caring person) and to just allow me to be in a good mood and feel good about myself, whenever those rare opportunities come.

To be functional

Somewhere to live in the mountains - any mountains

People to be just a little bit less paranoid and judgmental.

Not saying that there shouldn't be stardards, that everything should be acceptable, that total relativism should rule. 'Cause I don't believe that.

But-- maybe someone who's a little odd shouldn't be a pariah?? Maybe it shouldn't be completely OK to spread baseless rumors?? Maybe someone who is having a panic attack in a public place could be viewed with compassion-- or simply left alone-- rather than being treated with scorn and suspicion??

I'm not talking about "anything goes." Just a little compassion.

have all the info I need for my son in one location--coordination of care, I guess. Autism is a puzzle and so is the treatment of it. Either that or to have been diagnosed in childhood and not gone through mostof my life not knowing. It was like having a deformity that everybody could see but me, or like having my zipper down, spinach in my teeth and toilet paper stuck to my shoe but nobody bothered to say anything to me about it, just pointing andwhispering amongst themselves/

For middle school (and I suppose life) not to be so painful for my son in so many ways.

I wish for an infinite number of wishes.

I wish the schools had a special ed voucher program. Take this $15k or $25k voucher and use it at whatever special needs school you think is the best fit for your child. I hear Ohio has something like this.

This would be FANTASTIC.

Great wishes everyone.

I don't want a voucher to a special school. I want the public schools that I help support with my tax dollars (and that I believe in fervently) had adequate programs to protect our kids from bullying and help them learn.

"All for that." said the public schooler since first grade.

If the voucher would let me transfer to that other elementary school that has a better program for my son than the one in my assigned school (where they wanted to put him with the Downs Syndrome kids) then I would agree.