Have you looked into the mind of an aspie kid? It's is a
wild and wonderful world. Kinda like the African safari with giant man eating
lions watching your every move. They can smell your fear, taste that bead of
sweat on your brow. Let your guard down just once and it will pounce on you and
violently rip you to shreds....ok so that's not exactly what an aspie mind is
like, but if you're not prepared for it, you won't last very long.
They
ask questions...lots of questions...lots and lots of questions about
EVERYTHING! In my time with kiddo, I have decided Aspergers is not so much a
problem like the underpowered worn out early 80's station wagon that your mom
used to drive, but instead it is a supercharged 1960's gasser, a rabid street machine trying it's hardest to tear away from
a stop, blazing the tires for several city blocks. The thing is, though you
have to feed it premium and know how to handle it and tune it. Many people get
scared away from just the thought of that. Kiddo is just like that, he wants to
know about everything that is going on, he wants to know how it works, what
will happen if you do this or that.
His
brain...like a sponge soaks up all the information you give it. Some things he
holds onto more so than others, like science, insects, and engineering. It may
seem like he didn't pick up on it...but then a few days later he is spouting it
off like he has the book in front of him, and you're sitting there trying to
find your jaw on the floor. Just watch him build those Legos, he goes by the
instructions once and after that builds whatever comes into that brain of his.
Ridley Scott dreams of space ships like this, and he makes 6 different kinds
out of the same Legos that came in the box. He doesn't hold back on other
things either, bits of paper, magnets, even those twist ties from the loafs of
bread. Point is I am at a loss as why someone would think of this as a "problem".
This is why I will use his fantastic brain. (insert maniacal
laugh here) as...wait for it....an engine builder!
His ability would provide me with perfectly built engines.
When I was an automotive machinist way back when, we would have a second person
look over our build to make sure we didn't miss anything. No need with kiddo,
I'll have him look over my builds, and we will dominate the race world with our
motors!
what a Lovely read. If only the rest of the world could open their minds and see as for all it's strengths instead of a problem that needs solving.
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