At the beginning of summer 2009, my son was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome (high-functioning autism). I live in a world where my fantasy include him being normal and me being an over-reactive parent. I only need to spend a few minutes with him to know he really does have the challenges of Aspergers! Was it the day he went out front in 90 degree heat fully dressed in his storm trooper costume with his light saber (he was nearly 12) or the time our friends looked out the window and asked what he was doing only to see him jumping off the side of the car with an umbrella mimicking Mary Poppins (where were the rain clouds??)
Regardless of the activity, having a newly diagnosed child on the autism spectrum has created many new challenges in different areas (including becoming an advocate for him in school). Every day I wake up and a little song goes off in my head-- ouh-ba-dee, ouh-ba-doe, la-la-la-la-la-la, life goes one. I may look up the lyrics one day but for now I just want to hum the tune and not really care about the words.
