Dandelions are flowers too if you adjust your perspective. Through the eyes of my son 18 and my daughter 16 both with ASD I have adjusted my perspective! I now smell the rain, listen to the breeze, hear music in the crickets and rejoice at bubbles over flowing in the tub!
Yes they taught me to slow down and notice what the world seems to ignore. I have cried a river, survived on four hours of sleep, rocked my babies until I wore out the rug, wished for relief then arrived at the calm inside.
My daughter is non verbal my son is verbal and riddled with anxiety....they are opposites! He needs to move around and hops from one thing to another....she likes it calm and quiet and prefers to be left alone ..... Then we have their typical sister who is trying to find her place within our family context..... I work triple time attempting to meet their needs and individualize for them a life that makes sense.
New Britain, CT