We broke the news....

We mentioned earlier we were not planning on telling Alex. He had refused to talk about it in the past when we had discussed having him tested. "I don't want a label." Todd and I wanted so bad to respect this, but the time was right, so we went ahead and did it.

I think he knows what we were doing, but we never said it directly.

We just got back from Disney World. We were told if we had a letter from his doctor, we could get a special badge. So we talked to him about this letter. He said, "I don't want it." So we let it drop.

The other day he got home from school and said to me, "I had OT today. I got to play with putty." Wow, I thought. He's enjoying it.

I then said, did you know that they think Isaac Newton had Autism. He looked at me, "really?" I asked him if he wanted to know who else, and rattled off a list of famous people who he admires who they think had Autism. Then I said, "It doesn't hold you back, but gives you a different perspective which will help you achieve greatness." OK, maybe not those words, but it sounds good.

He nodded and we left it at that.

Now on to the next chapter....

Destination Imagination

Alex and his team, the Jailbreakers, had their first competition on Saturday. I was out of town, but Todd went up with Alex. He did great, and I think even had a good time. We won't tell anyone. They came in 3rd (out of 3 teams), so they didn't make it to state. But that's OK. Alex was kind of relieved. It's been a lot of work he's not used to doing. He's ready for a break. They learned a ton, and will be even more ready for next year.

I'm very proud of him. :-)

Debbie