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Posted By A Son-Rise Message Board Participant on December 29, 1999 at 00:26:26:
: I've been out in public with kids (and adults) who stim (sometimes because of work, sometimes because I'm with an autistic friend), and I recommend *enjoying* it. You can get a lot of evil glee out of watching people freak out and trying to work out what on earth is going through their mind.
: People seem to have programmed responses for most situations, and then when they come across something trivial and harmless (like hand-flapping) that they don't have any information in their mental files on, their brains just seem to shut down and they gawp ...
: It doesn't do them any harm to have their assumptions about how people are supposed to act shaken up a bit.
: It's also worth remembering that occasionally people are not staring because they're hostile or freaked out: they're looking because they have a relative or friend who is autistic and recognize it when they see it - imagine how you'd feel if you went to the shops and saw another parent with a little boy flapping his hands :-)
Hello, Autistic and proud How I love reading your responses! As you may be aware, I'm from Adelaide, South Australia, I haven't attended an Options course.....but from my own personal experience with my daughter,Francesca, I feel drawn to the Kaufmans and to what they have to offer. I also feel drawn to you and to what you offer here on this message board .......in fact, I've gone through the archives and read just about everything you've sent.One thing I'm really interested in is a comment you made a while ago....Autism is a different way of seeing this one(meaning the world). Do you think that autistic people see the world in the same way and that "other" people see it differently? Because I think that each person has a unique way of seeing the world. Anyway I'd appreciate your response Hope you had a wonderful festive season Lisa In regard to your comments above, when I'm out with Cesca I join her in her actions and mannerisms......I've finally learnt not to care what other people think
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