http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/2337/loss-of-innocence/ Support. Insight. Inspiration Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:35:08 -0400 hourly 1 http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/2337/loss-of-innocence/#comment-231019 Ivy Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:40:58 +0000 http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/?p=2337#comment-231019 Oh, I relate to that so clearly. People were always telling me my little boy would be an engineer. He would study how doors and gates would open and close again and again. He loved to make things spin and watch them. And he would find the color green on anything in the room. And it still took us years to come to grips with him being different enough to be on the spectrum. And as I type that, I wonder if I'm lying when I say I've come to grips with it. Do we really ever? Oh, I relate to that so clearly. People were always telling me my little boy would be an engineer. He would study how doors and gates would open and close again and again. He loved to make things spin and watch them. And he would find the color green on anything in the room. And it still took us years to come to grips with him being different enough to be on the spectrum. And as I type that, I wonder if I'm lying when I say I've come to grips with it. Do we really ever?

]]> http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/2337/loss-of-innocence/#comment-229329 Ecki Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:36:21 +0000 http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/?p=2337#comment-229329 It's funny how you always remember those times when it hits you that something is VERY different about your child. When my older daughter was 2, we used to take her to library story time. They had little carpet mats to sit on. Laurie always sat on the dark green mat. One day another child was sitting on the dark green mat. And Laurie had a screaming meltdown. Over a mat. It's funny how you always remember those times when it hits you that something is VERY different about your child. When my older daughter was 2, we used to take her to library story time. They had little carpet mats to sit on. Laurie always sat on the dark green mat. One day another child was sitting on the dark green mat. And Laurie had a screaming meltdown. Over a mat.

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