eldertree, thanks for the great post, you made me smile-
i had to laugh lol i do not even like champagne hahaa so no worry about breaking that out. ever.
in all seriousness, i totally get what you are saying
that's exactly what i was trying to say-- that he has compensated for the autism
i know this is most probably directly b/c of his high intelligience.
and i am very thankful for that. for whatever it is.
but yes he will always BE autistic and i'm completely cool with it. again, i wouldn't take it away from him, it is him.
**not to be confused with the fact- i would never WANT this for my child or any child!! but it is what it is. i try to focus on the positive.
i would take away the gut issues though!!
there is a direct correlation between his gluten/cassein intake and his spaciness. he can have gluten no problem.
if he then has too much of the cassein- you can actually see him going off into an almost drug induced state. he's like spacey and just plain weird in an annoying way. *to the casual observer he seems like typical kid just playing but it is much more, as he can be "unreachable" at these moments. ((does any other child act this way? after consume the 2?))
and yes i would definitely take away the social difficulties he continues to experience on a daily basis--- whether it is because it is 100' @school, and he can't remove his jacket because the zipper is stuck- and he "forgets" (as he says) to ask for help, so he wears it all day (you'd think when you see a kid w/ a jacket on and it is 100+ and kid is visibly sweating/flushed etc--that the teacher would suggest he remove it right?)
but even considering all that and where he was? yes he is most definitely recovering, recovery is not in my mind the same as healed or no longer there.
an alcoholic can recover, hence recovering alcoholic, they may be off the booze but they are still an alcoholic. they will always be in recovery. but with the right choices they can stay sober.
anyways, happy weekend everyone
it's beautiful here on the west coast!!
it is breezy and only hitting low 90s, love it!
