Had to hand out first autism card

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Had to hand out first autism card
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Thu, 05-17-2007 - 9:28pm

I handed out my first Autism card today. I've had them in my purre for a few months though. I needed to get a rx filled for Roan (eye infection) and HAD to drag the boys with me; well, poor Liam was speant and had already been dragged around the county for other reasons....but I had to get the cream. Sticky thinking took over like the beast it is and he lost it over a stupid (and might I add crappy made) knock off super soaker. I explained tomorrow is allowance day and he still has some silver in his piggy bank and he'll be able to afford a real one at Target, but it'll be tomorrow.

Dear sweet Mother of God, the child melted like I had just disembowled him....he LOST IT!!! I had to walk away (always within eye/earshot though) as he wasn't getting over it at all. He roared and barked and stomped all ove rthe grocery store....well loads of looks there I can tell ya ;) But he was still screaming and ranting when he finally made it to the pharamcy window where I was paying for the cream. This one guy pretty much was trying to ignore the specatcle while avoiding eye contact and trying to scrape his jaw off the floor simultaneously, lol. I saw the jaw drop even lower when Liam burst into tears out of frustration and I gave him a big squishy deep pressure hug. I think the guy thought I should be beating Liam at that point. On the way out I handed him a card and said "just in case you thought otherwise", saw him read the first line "What you are witnessing is a child with autism" and watched his whole demeanor shift and lighten.

If nothing else I was able to have one person not believe my baby is a brat and is just tryng to co-exist in a very confusing and intense world. btw: I was proud of my own handling of it all, another day and I'd have put my head through glass, lol! Oh and I made sure Cian was ok and felt safe; I always forget about that wee lad.

Dee

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Sat, 05-19-2007 - 10:55am

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Sun, 05-20-2007 - 3:53am

{{{Dee}}}

I read this the other night and have been thinking about this for the last few days. The last outburst chris had was last week when we were at mcdonalds in Walmart. Everyone stared. I guess I am trying to get used to the "Ignoring everyone else, take care of your child thing" but its so hard.

When my dd (now 20) had these episodes (she was not dx'd with ASD tho, but had other problems) and luckily I had a therapist to lean onto to help me just fluff them off. But boy did I wish I had a card at the time!!!!!

You did great! And you are an inspiration for all of us that needs to be reminded that other people don't matter, our kids matter :)

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Sun, 05-20-2007 - 2:21pm

Lol, before yez all start sending letters to the Pope to have me beatified, bear in mind that occasion was isolated in that normally I'm a blubbering basket case when thsoe public outbursts happen. It just happened I was in a decent frame of mind and all the cosmic tumblers had clicked into place at the right time;)

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Sun, 05-20-2007 - 10:39pm

Ok trying AGAIN for time number 3! I thought I had posted this so I am sorry it took me a while. Deb noticed that I hadn't. Thanks Deb!

Here is the Asperger specific ones. You have to download the PDF and print but you can get business cards to print on from staples.
http://www.aspergerinfo.com/ascard.htm

New one I found with loads of cards! I am thinking this is my new fav.
www.autismcards.com

ASA's cards are here but you have to scroll to the bottom of the page (3rd from bottom). I hate their online store because you can't preview the stuff very well but these are pretty good from my recollection. https://secure2.convio.net/asa/site/Ecommerce?store_id=2001&JServSessionIdr008=6ocgtuop51.app23a

This is one I currently have
http://www.king-cart.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?store=AutismGear&product=name:HC-2,+Autism+Awareness+Handout+Cards+(General+Purpose),+Set+of+25&exact_match=exact

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Sun, 05-20-2007 - 11:02pm

I'm gonna add one here that I just found.

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Mon, 05-21-2007 - 8:35am

DEE (hugs and more hugs)

Lord only knows HOW many times I have had to deal with "that" kinda a situation.

You handeled it well, and I applaud you for the "card"
Did you have them made yourself or did you get them thru a website?

Just in case I'd ever wanna get them for Adam

Thanks and more ((hugs))

Nora

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