Here we are.... Emotional Expression
It is a developed myth that individuals with Autism do not have emotions.
WRONG.
They do have emotions; it is the way of expression which is different from other neurotypicals.
One day, on our way back home, in the car, my younger son told me that Mumma, you can't scold me in the school. This was an expression which completely took me by surprise. He was only a 12 year old boy then.
In fact, I had reprimanded him in front of some of his classmates when they brought a complaint against my son.
Many such anecdotes made me realise that as parents, we should never talk about our kids in front of them, believe me, it is true for a non-verbal child too.
It is a developed myth that individuals with Autism do not have emotions.
WRONG.
They do have emotions; it is the way of expression which is different from other neurotypicals.
One day, on our way back home, in the car, my younger son told me that Mumma, you can't scold me in the school. This was an expression which completely took me by surprise. He was only a 12 year old boy then.
In fact, I had reprimanded him in front of some of his classmates when they brought a complaint against my son.
Many such anecdotes made me realise that as parents, we should never talk about our kids in front of them, believe me, it is true for a non-verbal child too.
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