A is for April... and Autism Awareness: Hair Dryers in a Toaster World

"Awareness"... what is "awareness"? We have all kinds of "awareness" days, weeks and months, don't we? One could grow too accustomed, wave a hand and say, "pffft, another awareness something-or-other". But just the "Pffting" makes you more aware, doesn't it? :) So, "Awareness" as it pertains to autism is, to me, this:

• not "let's find a cure"
• not "yes it exists and I'm sick of hearing about it" (face it, autism is the 'fad disorder' of the decade, prone to much misinformation and misinterpretation)
• but rather: lightbulb moments and acceptance.

What the world needs now... all that.

Having been on writing hiatus for a year, and intending to stay on hiatus until I'm no longer haitusing... I nonetheless wanted to put something of substance "out there" on this close-to-my-heart subject, and have just stumbled across someone who says it all so much better. It's gratifying to know there's a parent out there who can put things into words, *gracious* words, that others, like moi, can't find. This blog is a parents' point of view, not an autistic point of view, but this is a parent who accepts accepts accepts with a love strong enough to help others learn to accept. And I am a parent, so I share her with you out of, perhaps, a selfish movtivation ("please try to understand me and my kid!")

Enough pontificating. Click on the title of this blog to get to the toasters and hairdryers.

Thanks, MOM-NOS.