So much has been said about autism, but still really little is know about where it comes from and why it is here.We understand how to treat it and how to get great results from all children on the spectrum but we are still not certain what causes it and if we do discover what causes it will we then be able to cure it ? I think not  because to me I feel it is so deep routed in the psyche of the autistic person that it is in fact part of their character just like being artistic or musical or whatever.In my experience it is not just black and white, all  autistic children are different . Agreed they follow some similar behaviour patterns, but when you get down to it they all have their very own characteristics .I have yet to meet an autistic child with a nasty bone in their body though.

When I think of my son , I am sure he is blessed, I have heard from other parents of autistic children , they tell me their child is ridiculed at school and many have moved their child to a special school where they have in fact flourished . Sadly though this is not the ideal , because ultimately the child will eventually have to leave that school and live in the world. But none of that has come my son's way. True I did give the evil eye to a few of his class mates from time to time if I thought they were giving my son a hard time, I don't know how far that went to protect him from cruel jibes .I know that he himself tried to work it out with some of his less friendly classmates , by facing them and asking them what their problem was. Very courages on his part, but he does not see it that way , to him he had to get to the bottom of why he was being treated in a negative way. Now it seems he is almost the class mascot his class mates have embraced his differences and now even protect him if necessary.

All of this takes a weight of my shoulders, because as he moves into his final year of primary  I can bask in the knowledge he will be attending main stream secondary school .