The reason for this blog...

   A little background on myself:

     I am (almost) 29 years old and I have been working with Children and Adolescents who are on the Autism Spectrum for about 10 years now. I have been an Educational Assistant, a Community Support Worker, Preschool Support Worker, a teacher in a preschool for children on the spectrum, and a Behaviour Interventionist....holy crap. As you can imagine, I have worked with MANY children each with their own distinct personality and beautiful qualities that make them the most brilliant minds I have ever come across. These individuals have not only changed my perspective on the world, they have taught me more then I could ever teach them. Ok, enough with the sappy stuff..

    I started this blog because through these years I have come home with, for lack of a better term, HILARIOUS, quotes and stories from these kids. I thought that because people in the "World of Autism" or the "Autism Culture"such as Parents, Teachers, Educational Assistants, Behaviour Interventionists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Pathologists, (myself included) spend so much time on thinking of ways to help, change, or even "fix" (yes, I have heard people use that term) these kids, there needs to be a way to celebrate these kids for who they are and look at some of the positives rather then always dwelling on:
"He should be doing this..."
"She needs to know that..."
"When will he ever....?"
Etc....

Ok, Ok, I was also looking for more ways to procrastinate on my school work, but that's besides the point.

Oh yeah, I might have some typos...but don't be jerks about it, I have a 10 month old son and I have to type fast.

Back to the point (I get distracted easily...)

Over the years I have kept mental notes, as well as actual notes, of some of the "awesome" situations I have found myself in and some of the hilarious things my students have told me. Here it goes, I will start with something that happened this week actually:

Situation: My 11 year old student is laughing to himself.

Me: "What are you thinking about?"

Student (now with a straight face):  "I'm just thinking about how I am going to start my own film company...I think I will call it " Inappropriate Pictures"


I love this kid...