Monday, August 18, 2008

The Funny Side of Autism



People with autism tend to take everything literally, which can make for difficult times. You have to explain every Idiom. (See the "2 Birds + 1 Stone = Poor Boy" post from a few weeks ago) But it can also make for humorous times....like the one I had today.

This afternoon Jonathan comes to me:

"Mom...I'm soooooooooooo hungry. Can I have a snack?"

It was 4:45, and if he had a snack at that point, he would never eat dinner.

So, I said "No, honey, dinner is right around the corner"

To which he replied, "Well come on then. Let's take a walk around the corner!!"
Gotta love it!


I'm still...

Donna

3 comments:

Angie said...

I'm with J-man. Let's go around the corner! :)

Marie said...

I want that corner to be close to my house. Sure would beat cooking and the clean up afterwards.

You sure do have a loyal following on your blog, Donna!
Love ya!
Marie

danette said...

Aww, that's cute! My guys have autism and say things like that too, very endearing IMO :).