Field day and happy tears....
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Field day and happy tears....
| 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
Just wanted to share a very happy moment. Vicky

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
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
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
ilovemalcolm