Its easy to get caught up in the push for awareness-and awareness is definitely needed. However, sometimes when we are so engaged in a cause, its easy to forget to communicate clearly what it is that we, our children and our students need at any particular moment. I would like this post to be about opening up & continuing an honest dialog-between all of the people who love, educate & support Spectrum kids, in so many different ways.
So, this post today is to be written by you, in the comments section below. If you are an autism parent, what do you want your child, your family, your child's teachers, other parents, me or anyone else to know?
If you are an educator or other professional: What would you like parents, students, administrators and others to know? Be as brief or as detailed as you need to - or as the comment space will allow.
If you want to ask a question - that counts too! This is about learning from each other & sharing our respective knowledge & experiences for the purpose of better understanding and better care & services for all of our kids.
Your comments do not have to be all positive-because let's face it: life is not always positive-but they do have to be respectful. We are all looking through different windows with different scenery. Sometimes its frustrating as a parent to explain to a teacher-and its also frustrating for a teacher to explain to a parent what is happening when the other one is not here, but think about how frustrating it is for our students and kids watching us struggle against each other, as they wait for the help that the need.
The thing to keep in mind is that we are all on the same side-and we have to keep working together if its going to work at all. Kids are depending on us to support & guide them, so lets keep it mature and respectful and we will all learn something new & useful.
~Barbara
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