Teaching My Son To Go Outside of His Comfort Zone

The post below is by Lisa Smith, the mother of seven children, two with special needs. Her son Tate has autism. Lisa blogs about her experiences and can be found on Facebook at Quirks and Chaos or at quirks-and-chaos.blogspot.com. Tonight we went to a restaurant. Ten feet from where Tate was sitting was a crying baby. Now, Tate doesn’t dislike babies but Tate was miserable. He squirmed. He complained. He whispered about babies who cry (whispering to himself is one of his stims). He stuck his fingers deep into his ears. He asked me if I had any headphones. (They use headphones at school to help with the noise level sometimes.) The screaming went on for about ten minutes. I love babies; but I honestly was beginning to squirm a little myself. Finally, the baby went to sleep and we were able to enjoy our meal. Learn how Music And Rhythm Can Help Your Child’s Autism – CLICK HERE I have a friend who has a son with autism who probably couldn’t have handled it at all. They would ha
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