That quirky, amazing, pain in my ass.

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My 19 year old son has Autism. He is one heck of a quirky guy who keeps me on my toes. There is never a dull moment no matter where we are. Not everyone can appreciate his total honesty, his drive for wanting to know where & when you were born (& how old you are ;o) the very second he meets you, his "inappropriate" outbursts of laughter, or his insistent manner which may come across as kinda brusk but my son is a kind, compassionate, loving, affectionate, creative, intelligent person who has made such leaps & bounds to overcome so many obstacles. He can be a real pain in the ass sometimes but he has enriched the quality of my life tons. My mind has been opened, my emotions stretched, my body challenged, & my world completely turned topsy-turvy by this kid. He is the love of my life, the bane of my existence, & the best thing that has ever happened to me. He has been frustrated to the point of violence, scared to tears & screaming, & depressed enough to threaten suicide. I have never met anyone I admire as much as I do my son. Every sacrifice I have made has been so worth it, times a billion.

Its amazing how those of us on the spectrum can polarize people-and work our way into peoples hearts and cause some people to tease and hate and loathe us-I have that every day at work-mostly hatred and loathing for some reason.

Well you sound like MY mother. She could probably say the same thing except my interest is not knowing someones birthplace georaphy, but staying up hours on end writing poetry and submitting them to journals while being very hard to wake up the next day...meanwhile I have no energy to do the needful mundane things of everyday life. I am probably a real pain, but I dont mean to be.
My poor mother has been though the 6 layers of hell for me...and I really apriceate all her effort.

Of course I also think she is a quirky, amazing, pain in the @ss too.
I must come by it honestly.

Jojo