A Glimpse of my Life with an Aspberger's (high functioning autistic) Hubby

[luckycricket_1]

 Hubs came back last night after a 3-day business trip out of town. Keep in mind that I've been dealing with 3 kids (2 of them moderately/severely autistic). Please reassure me that I'm not crazy or an idiot.

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[capthek]

My nephew has a less functioning form and I can hardly get him to do anything other than monologue. The really tough thing is that they always assume that the rest of the world is being a bad communicator, that everyone else is just dumb or something. He even did this when he was a kid, constantly calling others "IDIOTS!" because his condition made it so he could never really see anything from any other place than the inside of his own head. It would drive me up the wall when I was younger and it seems like I can see a touch of that with you two. You may want to sit him down for a specific talk time because he wont get a clue about what is going on in your head. Thats my two cents.

Well, honestly, it can still drive me up the wall. I only visit him about once every other month and I often end up exhausted in the process of trying to communicate while not getting irritated at his irritations and misunderstandings. I will buy him a present for his birthday and he will just shrug, but then I can randomly give him a hand-me down or something and he will jump around all happy. It's maddening.