It's difficult to speak or write without getting emotional.
By the way, many of today's autistic people, at fifteen, twenty
Years ago, they were those boys or girls who were called messy, impatient, quarrelsome and even too intelligent, for a specific topic. Today it is proven that they would be or are included in the Autism Spectrum. This means that they were children like any other. They played, studied, dated, sometimes they fought!
They learned to read, count, attended college and even passed public exams or became successful professionals.
Yeah... Still, do you know what the hardest thing about autism is? It's overcoming prejudice.
It is painful for a parent to feel like their child is being excluded. It hurts and hurts the heart deeply to see people considered good looking at a child who naively passes by......or plays.
I have four children. Of course, each one has a temperament, their own way of being. One of them was diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum. And do you know what makes it different from others? It is more authentic, more positive, it never deviates from the fact that it seems real to you. And you know
What more does he need? Respect and understanding. At this moment, here writing with a lump in my throat, I feel an immense desire to say: "Son, your father loves you and is very proud of you".
But, until I got here to say all this, oh, it wasn't easy! I confess that there was an in-depth study, a
constant research on the topic. Reading, understanding, accepting and embracing the cause: this takes time. Luckily, today there are tools like Google and Youtube. And most importantly: groups of fathers and mothers who help each other understand more easily. And the hardest thing is prejudice. But we will win!