I CANT HELP BUT THINK THAT BEING A PARENT OF AN AUTISTIC CHILD RAISES YOUR AWARENESS TO ANOTHER LEVEL-- I FIND MYSELF NOTICING STRANGE SMELLS ,UNUSUAL SOUNDS COLORS OR TEXTURES THAT MOST PEOPLE DISMISS WITHOUT THOUGHT. I WAS STANDING IN THE STORE AT THE CHECK OUT STAND THE OTHER DAY AND I HEARD A FAINT CLANKING KIND OF A REPETITOUS THUD -- I LOOKED AROUND TO THE OTHER PEOPLE NEAR ME AND NOT ONE OF THEM WERE REACTING TO THIS SOUND IT WAS AS IF THE SOUND DIDNT EXSIST BEAUSE YOU SEE US "NORMAL PEOPLE" FILTER THINGS LIKE THAT OUT SO I TURNED MY HEAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS TO HONE IN ON THE ORIGIN OF THE SOUND AND THE CLERK LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS POSSESSED. OF COURSE I SMILED AND SAID "WHAT IS THAT NOISE?" ONCE I MENTIONED IT SHE AS WELL AS THE OTHERS WHO WERE CLOSE BY STARTED TO LISTEN ---WELL AS IT TURNED OUT IT WAS THE THE COIN CASHING MACHINE AND SOMEONE WAS DROPPING COINS INTO IT... ALL THOSE PEOPLE HEARD THE SOUND BUT UNTIL I BROUGHT IT TO A CONSCIENCE LEVEL THEY WERE CLUELESS....THATS WHAT OUR KIDS GO THRU ALL DAY EVERYDAY AND MOST OF THEM DONT HAVE THE WORDS TO TELL US WHAT THEY HEAR OR SEE HOW INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING!
SO THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE OUT JUST TRY TO BE AWARE OF ALL THE SOUNDS YOU DONT PAY ATTENTION TO AND THINK ABOUT OUR KIDS AND HOW THEY PROCESS IT,,,......................
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