Comments on: Coping with well meaning family and friends - and even strangers! http://managingautism.com/autism-coping-strategies/coping-with-well-meaning-family-and-friends-and-even-strangers Share our journey as we blog about life with Autism Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:57:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Elissa http://managingautism.com/autism-coping-strategies/coping-with-well-meaning-family-and-friends-and-even-strangers#comment-11 Elissa Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:29:31 +0000 http://managingautism.com/autism-coping-strategies/coping-with-well-meaning-family-and-friends-and-even-strangers#comment-11 Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I agree completely, the public is the hardest! When my son was little it was easy enough to explain tantrums to strangers on the street. As he gets bigger it is getting harder and harder - especially when he lies on the ground kicking and screaming. I find I almost have to shut myself down to what is going on around me when it happens and just be with him - sometimes it is the only way to survive these moments! Elissa :-) Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I agree completely, the public is the hardest! When my son was little it was easy enough to explain tantrums to strangers on the street. As he gets bigger it is getting harder and harder - especially when he lies on the ground kicking and screaming. I find I almost have to shut myself down to what is going on around me when it happens and just be with him - sometimes it is the only way to survive these moments!
Elissa :-)

]]> By: Casdok http://managingautism.com/autism-coping-strategies/coping-with-well-meaning-family-and-friends-and-even-strangers#comment-9 Casdok Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:24:51 +0000 http://managingautism.com/autism-coping-strategies/coping-with-well-meaning-family-and-friends-and-even-strangers#comment-9 I have found the public one of the hardess things to deal with. I thought it would get easier as my son got older but i have found the opposite, as he is a lot more noticable. You give some good advice! I have found the public one of the hardess things to deal with.
I thought it would get easier as my son got older but i have found the opposite, as he is a lot more noticable.
You give some good advice!

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