Comments on: Hurt Feelings http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/1484/hurt-feelings/ Support. insight. and inspiration for parents of children with special needs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:16:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Janet Doll http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/1484/hurt-feelings/comment-page-1/#comment-137280 Janet Doll Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:35:29 +0000 http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/?p=1484#comment-137280 Reminds me of last night. We went to the 4th of July celebration at grandma's appartment. We enjoyed all the out-door activities, but headed inside for the fire-works. Grandma and my 8-year-old sat outside on grandma's balcony, My 11-year-old was able to watch from the assisted living dining room windows. And Luke, my 6-year-old w/ autism, and I just wondered. It's great when all sensory needs can be met :-) After the show we headed straight out to catch the trolly that would take us to our car. Luke was doing his happy-dance. We were attached belt-loop to belt-loop with a child safely thingy. An older gentleman with a cane made a grummpy comment about how Luke would be sorry if he got knocked down, he was disabled! I indicated that Luke too had a disability. This opened the door for the grump to tell me the problem with his leg. I was then able to tell him how hard it is to really tell if someone is disabled. But I told him that I appricated him telling me because I could then be extra careful with Luke. This un-grumped the grump! Warm regards, Janet, mom to Olivia (10), Ruthie (8) and Luke (6, BCLP,ASD) Reminds me of last night. We went to the 4th of July celebration at grandma’s appartment. We enjoyed all the out-door activities, but headed inside for the fire-works. Grandma and my 8-year-old sat outside on grandma’s balcony, My 11-year-old was able to watch from the assisted living dining room windows. And Luke, my 6-year-old w/ autism, and I just wondered. It’s great when all sensory needs can be met :-) After the show we headed straight out to catch the trolly that would take us to our car. Luke was doing his happy-dance. We were attached belt-loop to belt-loop with a child safely thingy. An older gentleman with a cane made a grummpy comment about how Luke would be sorry if he got knocked down, he was disabled! I indicated that Luke too had a disability. This opened the door for the grump to tell me the problem with his leg. I was then able to tell him how hard it is to really tell if someone is disabled. But I told him that I appricated him telling me because I could then be extra careful with Luke. This un-grumped the grump!

Warm regards,

Janet, mom to
Olivia (10), Ruthie (8) and Luke (6, BCLP,ASD)

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