Me and my girl and boy, raising awareness and acceptance of autism

Archive for June 20, 2012

Wednesday 20th June

So many questions buzzing around my head in my previous post, I realised I could have added to the list many times over!

The title “why?” always reminds me of inquisitive 3 or 4 year olds, I didn’t get that stage with D and even now, she very rarely asks “why…”.

On with our day:
D managed walking about 2/3 of the way again, still being almost masochistic about willing herself to walk closer to
T’s school and therefore getting anxieties from other people being around her. She’s a funny little thing though, we get to a certain stage of the journey and she’ll start doing the “Ma Nah Ma Nah (muppets) song”, it’s been the same place 3 days running and that little sing-song seems to spur her on!

Lots of sports day practice again at school so a very tired D excited at the end of the day. She was also very anxious because I wasn’t in my usual place (where she could see me) as someone else was sat there. She took some calming down. As a consequence, maybe 1/3 of the way was walked home. Shoot me down! Lots of negativity shouted from D around sports day so I was relieved to get through our gate. Her sensitive mood has continued all evening, only being lifted by seeing the “Ma Nah Ma Nah” song on YouTube – a few times – the Muppets version. Someone was saying to me today that that song was on the soundtrack to “The Muppets” film, will have to investigate!

Butterfly watch – day 20 πŸ›πŸŒΈπŸ›:
*yawn* nothing has changed, today’s picture is below. All just hanging around like little bats. I’m considering getting a ladybird kit next – def not stick insects!!

Hope everyone’s had a good day, thanks as ever for reading & comments/RTs welcomed Jx 😘

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Why?

Got a few questions buzzing around my head….

Why is this Government attacking the vulnerable and needy in society? Forcing people who are medically incapable of looking for work, taking vital money from others? Causing people to literally worry themselves to death?

Why, when a woman on the Isle of Man goes public because her autistic daughter has been refused DLA renewal and questions that decision, is she mocked and attacked via comments. (The article is RTd on my timeline)

Why did I believe an MP who told me “David had a disabled child, he won’t take anything away from SN children”

Why is the statementing process so long-winded and quite honestly, painful. You want to scream out and say “my child is a human being, not a budget figure”

Why is autism on the increase?

Why has D got autism? Is it me, or Hubbie? Why her and not our two sons?

I walk past a secondary school every day and see all the teenagers laughing, joking, running around without a care and think “don’t they realise how lucky they are?” I know there’s plenty of teenage angst but I can’t envisage D as a care-free teenager. Why? I just can’t.

Just why?

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