对我儿子的意外友善的时刻

Spreading acceptance and understanding to a stranger on a plane

By James Guttman | March 9, 2020
詹姆斯·古特曼和儿子

James Guttman is the father of two children, a nonverbal eight-year-old with autism and a non-stop-verbal eleven-year-old.他的博客可以在这里找到。

我花了很多时间担心我的非语言儿子将如何“处理”事情。

生日聚会,节日晚餐和其他活动都为我带来了前往前的烦恼。在几乎每种情况下,他都处于良好的行为,我对自己怀疑他。尽管如此,下一次活动爆发时,我不禁会再次担心。

Lucas’s meltdowns may be few and far between, but they happen and they can be pretty loud when they do. Truth be told, the same can be said for his happy times too. There’s nothing more shocking to a rarely-seen second cousin than to hear my boy’s blood-curdling scream of delight over his favorite Sesame Street iPad clip.

最重要的是,飞机总是最担心我。我们对迪士尼世界的假期总是被人们对浮动金属管的来回旅程的紧张预订。我们可能会去地球上最快乐的地方,但旅行本身是最恐怖的地方之一。

因此,几年前,我在通常的高警报处。在兴奋和果汁盒之间,我的儿子甚至在我们登机之前都得到了兴趣。我们在窗户上与卢卡斯(Lucas)在三座排中。我在他和一个似乎是军队中士和退休的体育老师之间的十字架的人之间的中间。当飞机上飞机时,我男孩的兴奋程度和我自己的焦虑也是如此。

He was overjoyed with a Jack-in-the-Box app on his iPad and began a routine that we had become accustomed to at home. He would swipe the digital box open, watch the animal spring out, clap his hands so hard that they echo, and repeat. Despite my attempts to soothe him by rubbing his shoulders and repeating, “Shhh. No buddy, we have to be quiet,” he persisted.

他并不是“不好”,但我知道这会给别人打扰。我的偏执狂接管了,在我看来,整个机舱都会在我们在佛罗里达州降落之前,用干草叉为我们打水。我们注定要失败。

Even Sgt. Gym Teacher to my immediate right had noticed. I could see him from the corner of my eye, staring and leaning in closer to me. I envisioned all the things he was about to say. I thought, “Oh great. Now I’m going to have to fight this guy…on a plane.”

我现在可以看到这一切 - 垂直手机视频,人们尖叫着“世界星”,无飞行列表,而TSA代理在大门口等着。我正要在这个假期开始之前就吵架。然后,他说话。

“你知道,你不必让他保持安静。你可以让他玩得开心。他没有打扰任何人。”

这是我期望的最后一件事。除了“谢谢”,我不知道该说些什么。从那里开始,我们在其余的旅程中谈论了卢卡斯,自闭症以及它如何影响我们的家庭。

这个人有一百万个问题,其中许多已经成为我们生活中的常识。它提醒我,我们认为人们对我们的处境意识到的很多东西都没有。他对自闭症知之甚少,并真正想了解他能做的一切。他能找到的最接近的比较是,他的儿子“玩过Flippin’Xbox这么多”。

当卢卡斯示意他的一袋饼干时,那个男人快乐地把他们交给了他。当空姐带来第二个时,他也给了他。这个人与您在故事中读到的善良的陌生人无关。但是他最终成为我遇到过的最善良的人。

那天,我真正理解了自闭症意识的重要性。爱像我儿子这样的人有时会产生偏执狂,但我们不能生活在泡沫中。有些人想进入我们的世界并遇到我们出色的男孩。

You can build walls, but make sure they have doors you can open. Otherwise, no one will ever be able to get in.

通过服用我们的仁慈#KindNessCounts挑战。

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