Saturday, 20 November 2010
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Secret Friends
Last night, I had a book signing in an area close to where my son, Brandon lives. A lovely couple came up to me and said, “We are friends with your son”. I spoke to them for a few minutes and was happy to hear all the nice things they had to say about Brandon. As I have mentioned many times before it is still extremely difficult for Brandon to make friends, due to his lack of social skills, but I knew in what I call his “secret life” he did have friends.
He doesn’t want me to know about his friends, and being thirty-seven years old, he is an adult and wants some privacy, and he doesn’t want his mother to know everything he does. I couldn’t agree more. I am respectful of Brandon and how he lives his life. My motto is, as long is he is not getting hurt or hurting someone else I need to stay out of his private business just as I would with my older son who is “neurotypical”.
It makes me happy to know he has people to be with who are kind and caring. I have noticed as he continues to develop, he attracts a better circle of friends. That is most encouraging.
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- From: amaliastarr
- Name: Amalia Starr
- About Me: I am a mother to an autistic adult son, a motivational speaker, an independent living coach, and author of Raising Brandon. I specialize in supporting parents of children with autism and special needs through workshops, seminars, and private sessions. Utilizing a background in sales and marketing, I was the host of a cable show dedicated to parents who had children with special needs. My results-based approach focuses on empowering both parents and their children to reach their full potential. Starr's newly released book, Raising Brandon, is an autobiographical account of her struggle to raise her son in a world where autism was not understood. The book follows Starr's life from the birth of her youngest son, his diagnosis with autism, intractable epilepsy, severe learning disorders, and her goal to help him live his dream of independence. THERE IS HOPE! www.AmaliaStarrSpeakerAutism.com
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