More Like Smart Ass!

This morning I got up at about 4:10 am, and I saw that my son was already up with the television on.  Well, he knows that in our house, there is no television until 6:30am, or if I have to work that morning, I watch the news until I leave for work.  I have to be up for work by 4:30am, but since I was awake, I thought I would just get up.  So, I went into the living room and turned on the light.  When my son saw that I was awake, he hurried and turned his television off, got back in bed, and hid his Nintendo DSI under the covers.  LOL! As if I did not hear him walking! It’s like an elephant trying to tip toe.  When I walked into his room and turned on the light, he had his eyes squinted shut, trying to play like he was asleep. WOW!   So, I made him get up, brush his teeth and clean his room.  Now who’s the sneaky one!

Do not play with me, you understand!

Many people have this crazy thought that children with Autism do not understand.  That is somewhat true.  But I have firsthand experience that they understand a little more than they want you to know.

For example:  Last night I picked my son up from the sitter's house and she told me that my son had been acting up and hitting himself in the chin.  As a result of that, she told him to stop and made him lie down to take a nap.  For a while he lashed out by stomping his feet and he continued to hit himself.  Not long after, he heard a knock on the door.  He thought it was me coming to pick him up, so he sat down on the couch quietly.  After the sitter opened the door and he saw that it was not me, he got up and started acting out again.

Note:  Children that have Autism have great memories and situation association.  My son knows that I always knock on the door before coming into the sitter's house.  He also knows that the sitter will not spank him.  So he figures, until I hear that knock, I am free to do what I want (loosely speaking).