My daughter My princess

Thank God for people like you who are filled with love and compassion towards children. Adoption is difficult in every way but you have taken on challenges that would daunt most people. May you always be showered with blessings. God bless you and your husband.

My son has autism. He can certainly be difficult, but he can also be really great. Bless you for adopting these girls. I am glad that they are with somebody who will care for them.

You are so right that autistic children are blessings and teach everyone so much. I love children. They are all blessings and they are all unique. My son,5, has classic autism, the most severe on the spectrum and my daughter is starting to show signs of aspergers syndrome. The psychologist diagnosed her with ADD. She is extremely high functioning, even in the gifted and talented program. It just goes to show, everyone has some type of "affliction" and it depends on how you cope with it as to what you achieve. Both of my children are extremely comical. My son learned it from his sister, but they both do slapstick of falling down, getting hurt, and just plain silliness. You never know what my son is thinking because he is still non-verbal, but you can certainly see the humor come into his face and you always know when he is up to something. The other day I was at the school and he hugged one of his teachers after they were through playing and the other teacher asked for a hug and he walked away. She said that was okay because that's just the way our kids are. I could see he was messing with her because he had a smirk on his face. But, not five minutes later, he came back and hugged her. They are so funny. Most of the time they don't offer affection, so you have to take it when you can. You are right that there are not many discussions about autism. I try to read them all though. You never know when someone might have a suggestion you didn't think of.