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Mrs. Totoro do you have a family member who has Autism?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 376990" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>How very very sweet! I am always astounded at how open and loving a child's heart is, even when we are afraid that this will upset people. K2 reminds me very very much of a young Wiz going up to a man in a wheelchair at a community event. It had been a hassle for him to get there, some teens and college students were awful to him, making things harder and saying nasty things to him. Wiz could NOT be kept away from him (he was about 4), and went up, walked ALL the way around the wheelchair considering it very very seriously (you could almost SEE the wheels turning in his brain). I was so nervous that he would be rude or upset the man. He came around to the man's side and asked if it hurt a lot. The man asked if what hurt a lot, a bit guardedly. Wiz said he was asking about whatever the man did to get ... and here Wiz used both arms to gesture to the electric wheelchair. The man said yes, a lot, for a long time it hurt that bad. Wiz then, with all seriousness, said he was sorry the man hurt so bad but at the very least he got really cool wheels and didn't even have to wait until he got his driver's license! Wiz topped that by asking if the man raced in it, and was it just faster than a regular care or faster than a race car, and did he have to follow the speed limits that kept Mom driving like the little old lady that she is? (I wasn't even 28 yet!).</p><p> </p><p>Sometimes kids can look at things in a way that just doesn't occur to the rest of us, and express it in a way that makes us feel that we could learn a lot from these kids, and that they are amazing!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 376990, member: 1233"] How very very sweet! I am always astounded at how open and loving a child's heart is, even when we are afraid that this will upset people. K2 reminds me very very much of a young Wiz going up to a man in a wheelchair at a community event. It had been a hassle for him to get there, some teens and college students were awful to him, making things harder and saying nasty things to him. Wiz could NOT be kept away from him (he was about 4), and went up, walked ALL the way around the wheelchair considering it very very seriously (you could almost SEE the wheels turning in his brain). I was so nervous that he would be rude or upset the man. He came around to the man's side and asked if it hurt a lot. The man asked if what hurt a lot, a bit guardedly. Wiz said he was asking about whatever the man did to get ... and here Wiz used both arms to gesture to the electric wheelchair. The man said yes, a lot, for a long time it hurt that bad. Wiz then, with all seriousness, said he was sorry the man hurt so bad but at the very least he got really cool wheels and didn't even have to wait until he got his driver's license! Wiz topped that by asking if the man raced in it, and was it just faster than a regular care or faster than a race car, and did he have to follow the speed limits that kept Mom driving like the little old lady that she is? (I wasn't even 28 yet!). Sometimes kids can look at things in a way that just doesn't occur to the rest of us, and express it in a way that makes us feel that we could learn a lot from these kids, and that they are amazing! [/QUOTE]
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