Hello I wanted to share a very inspiring story and a very neat friendship that
I've been the recipient of witnessing.

My son has epilepsy and is considered mildly handicapped. He has seizures
that are uncontrolled and we haven't any idea when they will happen.

Anyway today at summer school one of his best friends who is a young teen
with aspergers syndrome, was playing catch with him during their recreatiion
time. And my son went into a seizure. This young man, has witness some other seizures, and gotten help. But because of a seizure on the bus that both boys ride, and no one but the driver, we have taught the other boy how to use his magnet.

So today, for the first time after this. The other boy got the magnet out of the fanny pack, swiped my son with the magnet, in the proper way and returned it to the pack. Was waiting with my son, with his teacher and the rest of the class when the nurse and administrators all started arriving.

The really amazing thing is that he then gave a detailed list of what happened
to me and the nurse, when the nurse asked where the pack was he told her.
And that he had used the magnet, and all. She was so impressed too.

He did a fantastic job, its another example of when you prepare a child with autism for something they might need to know how to do. They can do it.

Donna

what a very encouraging post Donna

thank you!

That is so great Donna. I hope they grow up to be best friends for a long time.
Gina Marie

How cool is that??!! This is awesome, Donna! Thanks for sharing it with us. I hope your son is better now. I have E and thank God, it's well-controlled with a small dose of med, but I have long feared having any kind of discussion with my HFA son about it. I don't even know how to start. My biggest problem is clusters of simple partials that look like nothing at all, but they make me horribly sick, flu-like, for about 12-24 hours. I don't know how to embark on helping him understand them and the effects they have on me. That's why this story moves me so much. I hope you praised this boy to death! He deserves it!


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Lizard

Yep, but the cool part is that not only did I praise the boy. It was noticed
by the school nurse, principal, dean of students, other principals, and just a whole class of students, all the other special education teachers.
And everyone else that was around. They were outside when it happened.

But it was totally made a big deal. I was there today to deliver his birthday
cupcakes for his 16th birthday, and asked the young man, if his mom, who is a friend of mine had received her email from me the other day. And if he had
also made sure she knew all about it. I also imagine that someone from the
school principal or nurse had called her already and made sure she knew.

But he said, oh yes she had gotten my email.

And yep I had told her.

So yes I had made it big, even to the point when he had thought he might have caused it trying to teach him how to play football. That it wasn't possible he had caused it.

Donna

Thank you for posting that!!!!

It feels like my heart was just hugged!!!!




Abbie

awesome, dmom. thank god for vns therapy, right? i know it may not be perfect, but it's helped many, for sure.