Comments on: My Child Has Autism and It’s Awesome! http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome This is the podcast station for TheNervousBreakdown.com, an online culture magazine featuring authors and artists from around the world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:13:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Luchina Fletcher http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-38793 Luchina Fletcher Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:50:10 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-38793 Holy crap....that's awesome. *Puts on "Number One Fan" hat* As the mother of a child with autism, I wholeheartedly concur. I certainly should not be expected to do such mundane tasks as (Insert whatever I don't feel like doing), I am the mother of a child with autism. It's gotten me out of jury duty, out of trouble for calling in at work, out of pot-luck duty, out of countless arguments....you name it. Don't get me wrong, I respect the awesomeness of this power and never abuse it through over-use. It's far far too precious not to be cherished. Thank you for this. You made this mother of a child with autism's day. Holy crap….that’s awesome.

*Puts on “Number One Fan” hat*

As the mother of a child with autism, I wholeheartedly concur. I certainly should not be expected to do such mundane tasks as (Insert whatever I don’t feel like doing), I am the mother of a child with autism. It’s gotten me out of jury duty, out of trouble for calling in at work, out of pot-luck duty, out of countless arguments….you name it. Don’t get me wrong, I respect the awesomeness of this power and never abuse it through over-use. It’s far far too precious not to be cherished.

Thank you for this. You made this mother of a child with autism’s day.

]]> By: Marni Grossman http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37979 Marni Grossman Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:53:16 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37979 Sarah, I refuse to believe that you don't have any sort of special wisdom. As a person who's heard of autism- and finds you hilarious- I think it's clear that you have much to teach us. Sarah, I refuse to believe that you don’t have any sort of special wisdom. As a person who’s heard of autism- and finds you hilarious- I think it’s clear that you have much to teach us.

]]> By: Jessica Anya Blau http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37661 Jessica Anya Blau Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:34:54 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37661 As the aunt of a child with autism I wholly approve of what you're doing here! As the aunt of a child with autism I wholly approve of what you’re doing here!

]]> By: Robin Antalek http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37658 Robin Antalek Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:21:39 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37658 Take your silver lining and make yourself the biggest, baddest, super hero cape you can find .... I have a feeling the world will be yours (along with free cocktails, good parking spots, and never having to wait in a line again ...) you get the drift... especially when you put the words: Mother of an Autistic Child on the back in HUGE block letters. Welcome to TNB - great post! Take your silver lining and make yourself the biggest, baddest, super hero cape you can find …. I have a feeling the world will be yours (along with free cocktails, good parking spots, and never having to wait in a line again …) you get the drift… especially when you put the words: Mother of an Autistic Child on the back in HUGE block letters.
Welcome to TNB – great post!

]]> By: N.L. Belardes http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37453 N.L. Belardes Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:55:32 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37453 Gravatar! Gravatar!

]]> By: N.L. Belardes http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37452 N.L. Belardes Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:54:22 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37452 Thanks Stephanie. I think one of these days we'll all be at some cool gathering of people and our kids will entertain us, while we sit back and share stories of parenthood... Thanks Stephanie. I think one of these days we’ll all be at some cool gathering of people and our kids will entertain us, while we sit back and share stories of parenthood…

]]> By: Simon Smithson http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37417 Simon Smithson Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:31:19 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37417 We're OK, I guess... (oh - and if you want a nifty headshot for your comments, check out www.gravatar.com) We’re OK, I guess…

(oh – and if you want a nifty headshot for your comments, check out http://www.gravatar.com)

]]> By: rachel schinderman http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37415 rachel schinderman Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:58:55 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37415 Sarah- Welcome to TNB...you know I love your writing and that I love this piece! Rachel Sarah-
Welcome to TNB…you know I love your writing and that I love this piece!
Rachel

]]> By: Sarah http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37413 Sarah Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:44:21 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37413 AAAAaaaaaaaahhhhhhh..... AAAAaaaaaaaahhhhhhh…..

]]> By: Sarah http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37412 Sarah Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:44:02 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37412 Maybe you should try to whittle down that horn in the middle of your child's forehead? :) People are so funny. I get that look all the time. Probably because my child does have a horn in the middle of her forehead. Feel free to share any fun stories or any rants on my blog! I love to get them! www.MommyLiteOnline.com. Suck up the awesomeness! Thank you SO much for commenting! All these amazing comments TOTALLY made my week! Maybe you should try to whittle down that horn in the middle of your child’s forehead? :)

People are so funny. I get that look all the time. Probably because my child does have a horn in the middle of her forehead.

Feel free to share any fun stories or any rants on my blog! I love to get them! http://www.MommyLiteOnline.com.

Suck up the awesomeness! Thank you SO much for commenting! All these amazing comments TOTALLY made my week!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37411 Sarah Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:39:16 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37411 You should absolutely take full license! My daughter has Asperger's too and I am so glad you appreciated the laugh. God knows we need one! Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment! Can't wait to read your stuff! You should absolutely take full license! My daughter has Asperger’s too and I am so glad you appreciated the laugh. God knows we need one!

Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment! Can’t wait to read your stuff!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37410 Sarah Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:38:06 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37410 This made me laugh so hard. Funny you used the word "Street Cred". I originally titled the piece "Mommy Street Cred" but no one seemed to "get it." You're a clever woman! Feel free to be inspired by me. I'll take it! I did really appreciate your reading and commenting! I LOVE TNB! This made me laugh so hard. Funny you used the word “Street Cred”. I originally titled the piece “Mommy Street Cred” but no one seemed to “get it.” You’re a clever woman!

Feel free to be inspired by me. I’ll take it!

I did really appreciate your reading and commenting! I LOVE TNB!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37409 Sarah Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:36:35 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37409 Thank you. They're well deserved! Thank you. They’re well deserved!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37408 Sarah Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:35:53 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37408 It's so true. I don't know why people are so resistant. Pride I suppose. Anyway, I don't have that problem. I have no pride. Or shame for that matter. :) Thank you for so much for reading and taking the time to comment - you were my first comment on TNB and it was very exciting! It’s so true. I don’t know why people are so resistant. Pride I suppose. Anyway, I don’t have that problem. I have no pride. Or shame for that matter. :)

Thank you for so much for reading and taking the time to comment – you were my first comment on TNB and it was very exciting!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37407 Sarah Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:34:32 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37407 Thank you so much! Yes, it's my first post and I was so excited to be a part of such an amazing and talented group of writers! Thank you for the kind welcome and for taking the time to comment! Thank you so much! Yes, it’s my first post and I was so excited to be a part of such an amazing and talented group of writers! Thank you for the kind welcome and for taking the time to comment!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37406 Sarah Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:33:28 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37406 This is like the best group ever! So sweet! Thank you! This is like the best group ever! So sweet! Thank you!

]]> By: Simon Smithson http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37382 Simon Smithson Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:26:13 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37382 Oops! I second that welcoming sentiment! Oops! I second that welcoming sentiment!

]]> By: Kimberly M. Wetherell http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37261 Kimberly M. Wetherell Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:15:41 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37261 As a single woman who enjoys Asparagus, I loved this post! This is your first, no? Welcome aboard, Sarah! As a single woman who enjoys Asparagus, I loved this post! This is your first, no? Welcome aboard, Sarah!

]]> By: stephanie st. john olear http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37097 stephanie st. john olear Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:23:45 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37097 Nick, I've always wanted to tell you that your son is so charming and talented (from pics and vids I've seen) - it's been a bit of a comfort to share this in common with you and to see how cool your son is all grown up in the world. Hope we all get to meet one day. Nick, I’ve always wanted to tell you that your son is so charming and talented (from pics and vids I’ve seen) – it’s been a bit of a comfort to share this in common with you and to see how cool your son is all grown up in the world. Hope we all get to meet one day.

]]> By: Simon Smithson http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37092 Simon Smithson Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:07:21 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37092 Ooooooooooh! Ooooooooooh!

]]> By: Joane http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37060 Joane Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:49:32 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37060 My sister sent me this, it's great! I too am a mother of a child with autism, and I grow weary of people acting like I have a ... unicorn, or something, in him. EVERYONE thinks I am an "awesome!" mom and they are WRONG, but I never let them in on my secret. :) My sister sent me this, it’s great! I too am a mother of a child with autism, and I grow weary of people acting like I have a … unicorn, or something, in him. EVERYONE thinks I am an “awesome!” mom and they are WRONG, but I never let them in on my secret. :)

]]> By: N.L. Belardes http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37049 N.L. Belardes Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:12:17 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37049 Didn't work with me, Stephanie. He's 20 now, and I'm doing the punk's laundry as I type. hahahaha. Didn’t work with me, Stephanie. He’s 20 now, and I’m doing the punk’s laundry as I type. hahahaha.

]]> By: stephanie st. john olear http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37047 stephanie st. john olear Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:40:18 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37047 As a mother who has a child on the autistic spectrum with Aspergers, (couldn't resist...) thanks for making me laugh. And I concur. And y'know what? Now I'm going to give myself full license to say all sorts of shit now. And do all sorts of shit - can't wait! Like use the word shit on a comment board! I wish I could use it on my kids though..." as your mother and one of you has been evaluated as being on the autistic spectrum with Aspergers, I really think you need to pick up your toys" Will it work? Seriously - good luck to you. My heart races whenever I even see the word autism - I'm always afraid I'm going to read whatever it's about and end up crying or feeling bad, so thank you for making me laugh. As a mother who has a child on the autistic spectrum with Aspergers, (couldn’t resist…)
thanks for making me laugh. And I concur. And y’know what?
Now I’m going to give myself full license to say all sorts of shit now. And do all sorts of shit – can’t wait! Like use the word shit on a comment board! I wish I could use it on my kids though…” as your mother and one of you has been evaluated as being on the autistic spectrum with Aspergers, I really think you need to pick up your toys” Will it work?

Seriously – good luck to you. My heart races whenever I even see the word autism – I’m always afraid I’m going to read whatever it’s about and end up crying or feeling bad, so thank you for making me laugh.

]]> By: jonathan evison http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37043 jonathan evison Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:01:55 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37043 . . .as a guy who read a post by a mother of a child with autism, i think that's very funny . . . but really, i know what you're up against with the squirt . . .i spent three years in the trenches with kids with dissociative disorders . . .never a dull moment . . . . . .as a guy who read a post by a mother of a child with autism, i think that’s very funny . . . but really, i know what you’re up against with the squirt . . .i spent three years in the trenches with kids with dissociative disorders . . .never a dull moment . . .

]]> By: Gina Frangello http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37042 Gina Frangello Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:00:14 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37042 This if freaking hilarious. It's so true. Just the other day my yoga instructor was going on and on to the class about how she had learned so much at her day job in a hospital by observing a mother of a kid with autism, and how wise and patient and zen and "shining" the mother was, and how we should all aim to be just like this woman. I mean, the woman may have been all that stuff (or not), but none of us knew her or had observed her: her street cred was the autistic kid. That was all she needed. And you know what: everyone in the class, myself included, was totally buying it! We were all inspired! Ironically, you probably know more than you realize. Though maybe not about whether you should take the highway or not, ha. This if freaking hilarious. It’s so true. Just the other day my yoga instructor was going on and on to the class about how she had learned so much at her day job in a hospital by observing a mother of a kid with autism, and how wise and patient and zen and “shining” the mother was, and how we should all aim to be just like this woman. I mean, the woman may have been all that stuff (or not), but none of us knew her or had observed her: her street cred was the autistic kid. That was all she needed. And you know what: everyone in the class, myself included, was totally buying it! We were all inspired!
Ironically, you probably know more than you realize. Though maybe not about whether you should take the highway or not, ha.

]]> By: N.L. Belardes http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37039 N.L. Belardes Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:48:46 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37039 As a father of someone with Asperger's I welcome your humorous words on the topic. Enjoy your evening of cocktails. As a father of someone with Asperger’s I welcome your humorous words on the topic. Enjoy your evening of cocktails.

]]> By: Mary http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/smaizes/2009/12/my-child-has-autism-and-its-awesome/#comment-37036 Mary Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:41:33 +0000 http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=22676#comment-37036 LOL wow. That's pretty funny. My mother-in-law works with special needs students at a local school, and the biggest issue she complains about is parents who refuse to acknowledge that their kid has autism or asperger's or what have you. At least you don't fall into that category. Might as well make the best of what you've got, right? LOL wow. That’s pretty funny. My mother-in-law works with special needs students at a local school, and the biggest issue she complains about is parents who refuse to acknowledge that their kid has autism or asperger’s or what have you. At least you don’t fall into that category. Might as well make the best of what you’ve got, right?

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