Thursday, February 08, 2007

How do you ask...

...for a bathroom in China, if you don't speak Chinese? Is there a hand gesture or pantomime considered polite? Does saying it over and over in English get you very far? How long will you last until you run for the nearest bushes in desperation? What if you didn't realize that bushes were a necessary modesty?

http://www.autistics.org/library/dontmourn.html

This may be the most beautiful, inspiring, poignant piece of literature I have ever read regarding autism. How perfect that it was written by someone who has been classified autistic. This has been the battle cry I've been searching frantically for the words to since I realized Ethan was different. It sums up perfectly how I feel, and yet is still laser-like. Enjoy.

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