proverbs

[pingu]

Hi all.

just come through one of the worst weekends of my life. K has been so difficult to communicate with and the meltdowns over the weekend have been horrendous.

 

School keep changing the goalposts after a promising relationship at the beggining of term, its all gone the shape of a pear.

 

I had a major paddy of my own on sunday pm. i feel mentally tortured presently, so am trying to take my mind of things by throwing myself into 'the book'

 

which leads me to my question.

 

Does anyone know of any sites which have some meaninful autism sayings / proverbs? i have had a snoop round, but cant find any for autism, im sure they are out there, but there hiding

 

Thanks guys (and gals)

 

take care all of you. x <'>

 

shaz

[pingu]

Any sayings at all??

[Kazzen161]

A quote from Rita Jordan :

' If we wait to give support to a child until it has started to fail then we have already left it too late! Support needs to be in place from the beginning. If it is not then we are failing the child.'

[baddad]

hmmm...

 

Not sure autism/proverbs make very good bedfellows? It's that 'literal' thing...

Perhaps you could make your point by taking some of the usual proverbs and giving them an autism 'twist', thus emphasising the 'difference' in perceptions... now I'm going to struggle to think of a good example, but I know what I mean:

 

Many hands make light work (as long as the mains is switched on)

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (unless it pecks you)

Two heads are better than one (But it's difficult getting shirts that fit)

Two's company, three's a crowd (one's less stressful all round)

An apple a day keeps the doctor away (why is the doctor scared of apples?)

 

If you're looking for 'soundbites' There's a t shirt website link somewhere on the forum...

'Autism - it's not what you think'

'A cat is not a defective dog. It's a cat'

I'll try to find the post, 'cos i know those are not quite right!

 

L&P

 

BD