In our house the day has finally come.? I imagine most if not all parents of children on the autism spectrum dread ?The Big Question.?
?Daddy, do I have autism??
My fear of this question began six years ago, within days of the diagnosis. When is the right time to tell her? What if she finds out from a bully who crushes her spirit on the playground because we chickened out and waited too long?
The big question popped while we read aloud a book written by Temple Grandin, a famous autistic professor at the University of Colorado. As we read the words to her (which she could read mostly by herself, by the way) she recognized similarities between Temple?s self-description and her own experience.
As it happened, we basically led her to it but left it up to her to formulate the self-awareness all on her own.? She was more ready to ask than I was to answer, even though I had six years to think about it.? I paused.
?Well, yes, dear.? That?s what the doctors said.? Everybody has different strengths, and you have some of the same strengths as Temple.?
Like most questions, I suspect she may very well have known the answer, but asked to see what we would do.? On reflection, she may have been operating on that higher plane that we simply don?t appreciate.
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