My son now is very aware of his autism, he started to ask me about it a couple of months before his 12th birthday, many adults with high functioning autism say they would not have it any other way . But not so my son. On more than one occasion he has either written or said he would like to find the cure for autism . If any one does, there is no reason why it should not be him . He is after all in the eye of the storm .
All through his young life I have looked forward to the day when I can ask him about what it is that goes on in his mind , why he chooses to do the things he does why he can't eat certain foods ,why he does not seem to have any sense of urgency about one thing (getting dressed for school) but gets extremely excited about another ,( bringing the correct P.E. kit to school ).
' Dad ! Dad ! you forgot my P. E. clothes , you MUST get them and bring them to the school'
'As you wish my son '
Although he is voicing some of his feelings and concerns about his autism, to date he has not been able or perhaps willing to explain to me what is going through his mind .He does however lament the fact he is not the best at anything among his peers. I feel he is being a little hard on himself , but this feeling of his does give me an indication that it is not always easy being him.
There is no doubt in my mind that he has the keenest of intellect and he can think himself out of difficult situations, brought on by his autism . A simple example would be making eye contact with new people he meets , it is obvious to me when I watch him in these situations , that he is working very hard to overcome this difficulty. Another good example is when he feels a panic coming on, in a situation where his immediate future is uncertain . He can talk himself to a calm place, and this is not something that has happened over night he did not wake up one morning with this amazing ability, this is something he has learnt. In my opinion that indicates a very keen mind indeed.
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