"FIRST-S"

IT'S A REALLY STRANGE THING TO BE ACCOUNTING FOR "FIRST-S" WHEN YOUR "BABY" IS 18--THATS CALLED AUTISM. EVERY BABY-STEP  IS A CELEBRATION OF PROGRSS NOT REGRESSION! 

TODAY OUR FAMILY EXPIERENCED 3 OCCASSIONS WHEN DAKOTA DID SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT IS STILL A NEW SENSATION. IT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DOCUMENT. YOU REALLY LEARN HOW TO BE THANKFUL FOR THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LIVE WITH AUTISM ON A DAILY BASIS.

DAKOTA ACTUALLY REFUSED TO PUT ON A SHIRT I TOOK FROM HIS CLOSET .HE THEN WENT TO THE CLOSET AND PICKED A  SHIRT BY HIMSELF. ALTHOUGH IT WASNT WHAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM TO WEAR I JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRAISE HIM AND HELP HIM  DONN HIS CHOICE!    WHEN HE CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL THERE WAS SOME WORK BEING DONE AT THE HOUSE AND HE TROTTRD TO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE TO "CHECK-UP" ON THE WORKERS AND TO CHECK ON THEIR PROGRESS ! THEN WHEN HE WAS EATING WE PREPARE A GLASS OF DECAF ICE TEA FOR HIM WHICH NEEDS TO BE IN ONE SPECIFIC GLASS WITH ONLY A FLEX STRAW AND HE ONLY DRINKS ONE GLASS AND HE QUITS EATING WHEN THE GLASS IS DRANK [O.C.D.] BUT TODAY HE ALLOWED THE GLASS TO BE REFILLED AT THE TABLE AND IT WAS ONLY FILLED ABOUT 3/4'S FULL AND HE CONTINUED EATING AND DRINKING WITHOUT INCIDENT---OH MY GOD-- IT AMAZING THAT HE DIDNT QUIT RIGHT THEN AND THERE OR DISPLAY BEHAVIOR.

I KNOW THIS MUST BE A VERY QUEER THING FOR SOMEONE WHO IS OUTSIDE THE REALM OF LIVING WITH AUTISM TO BE READING BUT I M SURE THAT ANYONE WHO IS AROUND AN AUTISTIC INDIDIVDUAL WILL UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHY I AM DOCUMENTING!  HOOOOOORAAAAAY