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<blockquote data-quote="Liahona" data-source="post: 456511"><p>Well, difficult child 1 had a mood swing tonight. We were going over what autism is and what I'm going to say to his class on Tuesday. He was wanting to make sure I don't say anything embarrassing. I have a good idea of what I'm going to say and rehearsed it for him. After I got the o.k. from him we were just talking about what autism looks like for him. I mentioned that when he gets excited he does weird arm movements. </p><p></p><p>WHAM. He starts tearing up, body language gets defensive, and mumbling about how he hates M. Then he starts laughing while he is wiping the tears from his eyes. He gets up and does an imitation of M saying when M gets excited this is what M does with his arms. difficult child 1 then says how hard it is not to laugh. I ask if M is happy when he does this. difficult child 1 says yes. I ask then why not laugh with him? difficult child 1 clams up and won't talk about it anymore. I don't push for more info. I can't because then difficult child 1 will get defensive. All I can do is type my painful observations here. </p><p></p><p>M is the autistic son of X's 5th ex-wife. (Yes, X targets young single moms whose kids are special needs. Creepy, Ugh, Yuck, Yuck)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Liahona, post: 456511"] Well, difficult child 1 had a mood swing tonight. We were going over what autism is and what I'm going to say to his class on Tuesday. He was wanting to make sure I don't say anything embarrassing. I have a good idea of what I'm going to say and rehearsed it for him. After I got the o.k. from him we were just talking about what autism looks like for him. I mentioned that when he gets excited he does weird arm movements. WHAM. He starts tearing up, body language gets defensive, and mumbling about how he hates M. Then he starts laughing while he is wiping the tears from his eyes. He gets up and does an imitation of M saying when M gets excited this is what M does with his arms. difficult child 1 then says how hard it is not to laugh. I ask if M is happy when he does this. difficult child 1 says yes. I ask then why not laugh with him? difficult child 1 clams up and won't talk about it anymore. I don't push for more info. I can't because then difficult child 1 will get defensive. All I can do is type my painful observations here. M is the autistic son of X's 5th ex-wife. (Yes, X targets young single moms whose kids are special needs. Creepy, Ugh, Yuck, Yuck) [/QUOTE]
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