Today we took Ollie to the local garden centre to have a look at the bunnies and fish.
Looking back now, it was a total sensory overload.
Ollie went into a massive meltdown whilst walking back through the shop. It just seemed to get worse and worse the closer we got to the tills.
In front of us was an old couple. I started to feel a little uneasy with the constant staring as he screamed.
Daddy had to take him off for a bit to try and calm him. nothing was working so he took him out side as I finished up paying for out items.
As I walked out I felt a small tap on my shoulder. It was the old lady that was in front of us in the cue.
She started to explain to me that once upon a time she used to get very wound up and disgruntled when she saw children behave like this. My immediate reaction was to throw my guard up. But as she continued to talk it was only then that I realised that she just knew.
She began to tell me that it wasn't until she met her 2 nephews that she really understood and that she was, whilst standing at the till wondering if our little boy was autistic too.
I explained to her that he had recently been diagnosed. She then went on to tell me, almost comfort me, that everything that was happening whilst standing in that cue was perfectly normal 'for our children' and although most people wouldn't understand she knew how we were feeling at that moment in time and that it will get easier to deal with in time..............
It was actually very heart warming to know that there are member of the older generation that do really 'get it' rather than stand and tut at what they believe to be just a very badly behaved child
Looking back now, it was a total sensory overload.
Ollie went into a massive meltdown whilst walking back through the shop. It just seemed to get worse and worse the closer we got to the tills.
In front of us was an old couple. I started to feel a little uneasy with the constant staring as he screamed.
Daddy had to take him off for a bit to try and calm him. nothing was working so he took him out side as I finished up paying for out items.
As I walked out I felt a small tap on my shoulder. It was the old lady that was in front of us in the cue.
She started to explain to me that once upon a time she used to get very wound up and disgruntled when she saw children behave like this. My immediate reaction was to throw my guard up. But as she continued to talk it was only then that I realised that she just knew.
She began to tell me that it wasn't until she met her 2 nephews that she really understood and that she was, whilst standing at the till wondering if our little boy was autistic too.
I explained to her that he had recently been diagnosed. She then went on to tell me, almost comfort me, that everything that was happening whilst standing in that cue was perfectly normal 'for our children' and although most people wouldn't understand she knew how we were feeling at that moment in time and that it will get easier to deal with in time..............
It was actually very heart warming to know that there are member of the older generation that do really 'get it' rather than stand and tut at what they believe to be just a very badly behaved child