Field day and happy tears....

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Field day and happy tears....
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Fri, 05-13-2005 - 10:23pm
Today was field day at my children's school and I was with my 7yo ds (1st grade, AS) and they were doing this hula hoop game where the entire class stands in a circle holding hands and has to move the hoop around without letting go of each others hands. I could see this game was going to be a problem for Chase as he is not the most coordinated. When the teacher stopped the music whoever the hula hoop was touching was called out. Well believe it or not my little Chase won the whole game! And that's not what really made me so happy. When he won, all of his classmates (mainstream) were so happy for him that they cheered and clapped and all ran to embrace him in celebration. I was almost hysterical with tears and will never forget that moment for as long as I live. They all know Chase is a little different and they seemed to get that this was really big for him.
Just wanted to share a very happy moment. Vicky
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Fri, 05-13-2005 - 11:05pm

That is absolutely wonderful. How great. I love those moments. Relish in it!!!

WTG Chase! and Class. He must have a great teacher for the kids to be so supportive too. I have found the the kids attitude have alot to do with the teachers and how they interact with the child.

Again, that is really fabulous.

Renee

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Fri, 05-13-2005 - 11:48pm

Wow, that is really great! My son had field day today, too, and I was relieved that it went as well as last year. I work full time and didnt attend, but at least he made it thru and felt fairly positive. in first grade I had a call from the principal that my son was in his office, because the other parents had, twice, asked for him to be removed from field day. The principal said he was just 'overexcited' and kept him in his office for the rest of the day.

Finally, just 2 weeks ago, he was diagnosed with adhd and aspergers . . . guess I should have seen the signs.

Cara, mother to
dd Heron 12
ds Orion 9, adhd, aspergers
ds 20 months

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Sat, 05-14-2005 - 7:37am

Malcolm also had field day this Thurs., and Malcolm's AS school did it up big, with special T-shirts for each team and the kids wrote and practised cheers for each class, very fun, very intense, very stressful. One of the 12 year olds was apparently walking aroung declaring fairly loudly that "Field Day sucks!" lol. The school handled everything very well, though. Malcolm took his lunch away from everyone to eat quietly for awhile and when a friend asked if they could eat with him, he said "No, not now, I need some quiet time for a little bit", and that was that. Then he enjoyed the rest of the afternoon.

When I met him after school to take him to therapy, he asked tiredly and said "Can we take a cab, mommy?" My little trooper.

Sara
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Sat, 05-14-2005 - 8:36am
You know it's kind of odd but since getting the AS dx in January I have been so much less stressed out. The school has been great and they know that sometimes Chase just needs to bounce around a bit to get his energy out and sometimes he is going to zone out. They send him on lots of errands and make sure he has jobs to do so that he feels important. His teacher has set such a wonderful example in how she is so accepting of Chases quirkiness and rather than talking down to him she is very playful with him. The other kids seem to just really accept him although more than one child has reported to me that "Chase sings all the time." I tell them "at least he has a pretty good voice." His teacher says he recently started singing the answers to questions in opera..Ha!
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Sat, 05-14-2005 - 11:20am
Wow, that is really fantastic! Reading your post just made my day! Congratulations to your son! I hope that gave him a big boost that will last a long time! How great that he even participated--I'm sure my 5 yr old PDD son would have refused to do it. Way to go Chase!