I am the mother of a 13 year old boy, Alex, with Down Syndrome. Raising a child with special needs is both challenging and rewarding, but unless you have experienced it first hand, it is hard to fathom the minute by minute, hour by hour and day by day situations that arise. Some of the stories I have shared with people have brought tears of laughter as well as sorrow, so I decided to share parts of my journey, maybe to enlighten, maybe as a little bit of self therapy. Hope you enjoy!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
We were walking out to the bus this morning, talking about how we were going to decorate for Halloween when he got home if he had a great day, and all of a sudden he started acting like a chicken. No really, he started flapping his arms like wings and going"bawk, bawk, bawk,." Totally out of the blue, and when he gets on the bus his driver, who always thinks he is hysterical ,starts laughing which only makes his chicken actions stronger. I tried asking him a question and got a "bawk" for an answer. He then stood up from the seat I was trying to buckle him into and started doing the chicken dance. The driver laughed harder and Alex said,"See, he thinks I am so funny!" No matter what I said to him he bawked at me and then told me," mom, I am answering you in chicken words." Good luck to his teachers today!!
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