I love fresh fruit, especially in the spring and summer -strawberries, cherries, watermelon, fresh pineapple, grapes. I mean fresh pineapple is like natural candy! They have never liked any of it. They really don't like too many foods that are served cold other than ice cream and cereal with milk.
Blue was always the exception to the rule. He likes yogurt and would occasionally eat an apple or an orange if you cut it up and take off the skin. However, he has always been at least willing to try new foods even if he doesn't end up liking them. Or sometimes he like them for a while and then burn himself out of liking certain foods.
If there is a food featured in a children's movie -all the better. After the first "Madagascar" he started wanting steaks. After "Garfield" we began eating lasagna. "Kung Fu Panda" brought us into trying asian noodles and dumplings.
In this past year or so food has become somewhat of an adventurous hobby for Blue. If he's bored -he easily suggests, "Why don't we go out for lunch?" To which I usually reply, "Do you have any out-to-lunch-money?" How nice of you to want to go out to lunch on my dime. Of course, I love to eat too...so most of the time we do indulge him. Blue and his dad have made it their goal to find the best breakfast restaurants in town on the weekends. No thanks...I'd rather sleep late.
Blue is now 12 years-old. A few months ago, he suddenly got into trying to eat healthier. We started to talk about protein versus carbs, and including more vegetables and fruit into his diet. He started eating dried mangos, apples, and he loves those little Clementine oranges. There are still textures that he doesn't like ----no peas and corn for him please.
Last week, I thought I was in the wrong house when he filled his plate with everything on the menu at one of our Sunday dinners. Roasted chicken, collard greens, potato salad (which I don't even like) and stuffing (with celery and onion chopped extremely fine). Then he asked for left overs the next day! Who is this kid and what has he done with my son?
If you've been reading this blog regularly you know he started eating cafeteria food a couple of weeks ago. One day last week he chose...drum roll please...a baked potato and steamed broccoli, for lunch -at school, with no prompting from anyone! I can't believe this kid! He is amazing if I must say so myself!
Sorry to say, his brother, who is 15 years-old has not jumped on the bandwagon yet. He still only eats vegetables if you're holding a gun to his head. His palette is still so limited. Of course, his first answer to any question is -no, but that doesn't mean I will stop asking and insisting that he at least tries a few healthy things.
So don't give up hope on your child eating vegetables...you just never know what's waiting for you around the next corner.
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Adelaide Dupont · 285 weeks ago
And for those of us who knew and appreciated these points in high school to a greater or lesser extent - always good to have a refresher and feel them through the current and future generations who we survived to be able to see.
I especially appreciated points 5, 7 and 10.
And young women not settling or settling down yet is a good thing.
"It's never too late to live our dreams" - but it may be too early for some of them!
And 8 of course.
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Maira L. Coral · 216 weeks ago
I was looking for information for my Multi-Genre Disability Research Project from my Early Childhood Special Education class on the web, when suddenly I came across your blog. I started reading this out of curiosity and I want to tell you that as you said yourself, you will not be Amanda Gorman, but you managed to make me shed some tears, perhaps because I felt totally identified with your words, especially in the part that you speak of your son. My son also has Asperger's syndrome, he is 19 years old and he is in the second semester of College. Also like yours, he takes classes from home, likewise my eldest daughter is also taking college classes from her room. At the same time, that I work as a preschool teacher from my kitchen through a computer, my husband sleeps in the room during the day because he works at night. Also in the afternoons I myself take virtual school classes. I am a 51-year-old Latin woman who began to learn the English language as adult, so maybe you find some deficiencies in my writing, however, I was very moved by how proud you express yourself about your son. Referent your mother, I liked the humorous tone that you give when your talk about her, so I did not want to miss this opportunity and stopped my assignments for a moment to let you know that your words do make a difference, since they reach the heart of at least those who have opportunity to read you. I want confess you that is the most long I have written to someone I don't know, because your words inspired me, thank you...
Gavin Bollard · 209 weeks ago
Thanks for this post. I've been very distracted of late and so this was how I found out about our friend Kate. Kate's struggles were very real but they were so constant and so wide-ranging that it was difficult for people around her to address them. I think it's going to take a while longer for me to process all this.
I learned so much from Kate because she was always quick to point out the many injustices in the world. In her glory days, she was very much a crusader and she cared for everyone. Over the years, as her situation took its toll, I came to realise that it was the fact that she couldn't be put in a single specific category, that made the system fail her. She needed help that they weren't set up to provide.
She needed more care and she needed to be less alone. I'm so sorry that this has happened.
For a long while we were corresponding almost every day but a couple of months ago, I realised that she had become so stressed that nearly every interaction I had with her was starting to trigger her. I backed away to give her a bit more space. She only had a little time that she could stand to be online and there were too many things that she wanted to do in that time. I thought that by taking a step back, she could reach out to more people who might be geographically closer and able to assist.
Kate was a beautiful soul and she will be sorely missed by all of us.
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Spoil your cat · 122 weeks ago
Many of these living arrangement aren't good, and many of the people who run those places really don't have the residents' best interest at heart. Those places are like old age homes and foster homes, where you sometimes hear horror stories. They're hard to trust. But then there are good ones, of course.
The best thing for an autistic adult is either to go on living at home or working and renting an apartment and living independently, but that isn't always an option.
Duncan · 112 weeks ago