I’m never sure how much personal stuff to write on this blog, but every now and then I feel compelled to share. And so right now, even though I’d rather be writing gift guides and assorted other nonsense, I’m just going to rant. Emmet has Asperger’s Syndrome. Look it up. It’s a disorder related to Autism, but sufferers are said to be “high functioning.” Just looking at him, you’d never know that anything was wrong. But if you spend some time with him, you’ll see that he has trouble with social functioning. Asperger’s sufferers (they call themselves “Aspies”) aren’t good at self-reflection, and they aren’t good at picking up on social cues. They're also (in most cases) uncoordinated, and they tend to have a variety of tics (physical and behavioral). On top of this, Emmet has an anxiety disorder. Emmet’s life is tough. He is in trouble constantly at school because of the little tics that he’s developed, and because of his anxiety, and because he is afraid of going to the bath
huge (bigger than full size) candy bars. The catch? They were attached to a leaflet about Jews for Jesus.
ReplyDeleteI knew it! Jesus likes Snickers, too.
ReplyDeleteAHahah. Molly did the EXACT same thing. She promptly put those pretzels and animal crackers into the "pass out to others" bowl!
ReplyDeletehey! i passed out pretzels, bitch! ok, i didn't buy them. my grandmother did. but the pretzels were accompanied by chocolate and skittles and suckers and starbursts.
ReplyDeleteDude, SKIP the pretzels. They bring seriously bad candy karma for you. And shame on you for blaming your grandma!
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