1 post tagged “asperger's disorder”
Well it's Sunday morning and I thought I should get around to updating the blog.
Sickness has taken it's hell hold on our family and we have been battling the flu for two weeks now. The only one seemingly impervious to it is Ryan, our 13 year old darling boy, who at this moment is pacing by the family computer and clapping. His pacing and clapping is a coping reaction to his OCD and anxiety disorders, all associated with his Asperger's. He also talks a mile a minute on the subjects that are near and dear to him - cars and video games associated with cars and dealerships and racing and speed and car dedicated websites. As his mind has a hard time focusing on one thing at a time, things that speed by quickly seem to be the best "fit" for him, his mind and voice race, his words bump and tumble into each other and his conversation is like trying to watch Nascars whip by on the track. One does not have a "conversation" with Ryan; he talks and you listen. ( Might I add for the 10th time on the same subject in one day.) As one could guess, it is rarely quiet around Ryan. And harder to cope ourselves with sickness running amuck. But...I would not trade him for all the cough medicine in the world. He is sweet, kind, sensitive, funny, intelligent and happy... a rarity for someone with the disorders he has to contend with. And makes Sunday mornings wonderful, even if you are sick.
