Baby girl just started walking this past week. She is the latest to walk of my four children, at 16.5 months. She can hear me open the dishwasher door from the other side of the house and she toddles over immediately to "help" me unload it, whether I'm in the process of loading it or unloading it.
The basement playroom is her favorite place in the house. She was motivated to learn to maneuver the stairs so that she could get down there to play. The toy pile on the stairs was a creation of Samuel's. It stayed around for a few days and Samuel wasn't very willing to clean it up.
I watched Oprah's interview today "The Faces of Autism". A few of the families from the "Autism Every Day" video were there. I'm glad there were some hopeful, encouraging comments about living with autism in the family, bit I'm still left with the same impression after watching this as I was after watching the interview on Larry King Live. I don't like how those who are getting media attention are portraying autism. They are very negative and make autism sound like a death sentence, as I've heard others say. As I said before, those of us who do not have this view need to get our voices out there as well.
3 comments:
Yay-you blogged about Oprah.
I thought it was a good overview. But really, there's so much more than they covered, don't you think? Too much for one show, IMHO.
Hey-you have a red head! She's a cutie patootie. Oh, I could just squeeze her. Goodness, she's cute.
You're right, there is so much more to living with autism than they covered, both on Oprah and on Larry King Live. Why don't they talk to some families that have a more positive approach? I liked the actor, Gary Cole, who was on Larry King. His daughter is 14 and it sounds like he and his wife have a positive approach to living with autism. I especially liked his comment about how their marriage, rather than suffering from having an autistic child, has been strengthened.
At the end of the day, when I think of all that has happened that day, I say to myself "What could I have done better today?" I try to keep that in mind for what I do the next day. Yes, I might be utterly exhausted and wish that there were other things that I could have gotten around to doing, but I don't think it serves any useful purpose to have a "Why me?" attitude about living with autism and I'm tired of having that portrayed constantly in the media.
It's fun having a red-haired baby girl! That is what I always pictured having when I thought of having children. After having 3 boys, I wondered if it would ever happen! Thanks for the compliments "chrisd"! :)
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I like this blog and a couple of others just for the:
"I live with it, not for it." Why's it a death sentence.
Can't be... I'm taking them to the Easter Egg hunt... no death sentence here.... gotta go.
Dh is being left behind to deal with the toothbrush in the toilet :)
S.
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