As i stated in my other blog Daniel has started his new school for children with special needs and all is well.
back to the beginning of the summer which was a scorcher life got a bit difficult but school summer holidays came and went and were all still in one piece.
Daniel had good days and bad days. i think the worst days were when the weather was at its hottest.
Daniel dont like windows being open or doors open. At home this is fine but in the car stuck in traffic its hell. my old banger dont have air con just the heater blower which is not a lot of use when the air temp is up near 100f .Never left home without at least 10 bottles of water in the car to stave off die-ing from dhydration. Daniel did visit quite a few places with us over the summer and most of these went well. We got the strange looks from some people. Like i say thre is always going to be someone who looks or stares and makes comments about the way Daniel is conducting himself. Any one would think its catching.
had some moments in asda where Daniel decided it was time to clear the shelves of all the bread as he found a loaf of bread out of date. he decided that to save evry one from eating bread effected by the loaf that was out of date he would have to remove all the bread. Needless to say he started chucking it away off the shelf on to the floor. why i was being moaned at by the bread stacker Daniel got a foot hold on the bun rack and soon there was buns every where. it took me about 15 minutes to stop him. You see i cant just drag him away i needed to make him know that the bread was ok. because if i didnt then he would be worried for aday or may be a week about the bread being out of date. and then he might Not eat bread for weeks or months so it was a case of sod the bread being thrown and think of Daniel ,. Which i did and got him to listen instead of dragging him out the shop screaming and worrying about bread for the next year.
We walk off to the veg isle like nothing had happened being watched by about fifty people. yes its a shame about the bread but then in defense the loaf that was out of date should not have been there . Something i told the bread stacker so who knows next time your breads in date it could be because Daniel made them do their jobs right. ok so everyone is not perfect and my son is not perfect either but at least we trying. now its asda's turn.
at the till the normal carrier bag fiasco broke out. I have noticed that the trust worthy can scan their own food and get thru the tills quicker.
can i suggest they have a till for people with autism . im not asking to scan my own food just someone on the till who understands.
i have said it before about asda and i really do think its autism unfriendly .
Now recently i was in chelmsley wood parking in disabled parking bay. (not forgeting my wife is disabled too.) now a car pulled up right by my car and the people inside were straining their necks to see in the car. i wondered what they were after then it dawned on me. they were checking out the blue bag. because my son was at school but i have a big sticker on my car saying proud parent of a child with autism ,to help raise awareness. now they were wondering where the child was as i was parking in a disabled bay. now i have not got a disable badge for my son but i do have one for my wife. anyway i got out the car and so did my wife and i went to the back of the car and they drove off. so with that me and wife went into the shopping center. now i carried the few bags back to the boot while my wife went into boots. then i spotted the people in the car again who were looking for our blue disable badge. they were nearly side by side so i pretended i was talking to my son in the boot. i said really loud so they heard. you stay in the boot to save me time while shopping i wont be long. i closed the boot and walked off, when i got back to car their was a policeman and the shopping center security guard banging my boot .i asked them what the matter was when the people from the other car walked up saying that i had my child locked in the boot.
i opened the boot and to show them it was empty and told the policeman my son was in school. i left them explaining them selves to the policeman.
after having what has mostly been OLDER people straining and peering in my car for the last 12 years im fed up of it.
YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE DISABILITIES TOO.. AND ALTHOUGH SOME WONT LIKE THIS > NOT JUST THROUGH OLD AGE> THERE LIVING ALL THEIR LIFE WITH IT NOT JUST THE LAST FEW> Now if your a blue badge spotter find something else to do. Right thats off my chest.
well its nearly time for mid somer murders so i will leave it there for today.
i hope this finds everyone well and Remember.
You CANT always tell by looking
