whgrn
<font color=red>This is SOOOOOO not the life I sig
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2007
Tricia made a nice friend, a girl on "the spectrum" (very high-functioning) who was so excited, she came up to me and said, "I'm so glad you brought Tricia. You know, I'm autistic, but it's nice to talk with someone whose on my level, socially!" Oh, it was so sweet!
(Now, if those same words came out of a typical teen girl's mouth, they would sound very snobby!) It can be tough on the ASD kids who posess good social and verbal skills... they can't really fit in with the typical kids, and they don't want to fit in with the very developmentally challenged kids.
As if being a teenager wasn't hard enough already!
That is SO true! My DD isn't on the spectrum, but she is very similar in alot of ways. And she is much more social than alot of kids at her level, but still well below "normal". So it's not easy finding a place where she fits in. That's where the Special Olympics has been a godsend. Only problem is, the kids she relates to are mostly older teens, and her closest friend there just turned 24--and HE makes me a bit nervous!! (DD is 13)