It sucks to have a differently abled kid who looks normal. Of course I don't mean that I want him to look abnormal, but there are times when it's hard, and you want to hand a flier to the ppl who stare at him that explains why a 7 yo child, who to make matters worse is big for his age, will freeze up on a set of steps and start crying and panicking. People stare. People get impatient and huff and puff when they pass us. People whisper. NONE of that helps! Just go about your business, there's nothing to see.
Obviously this is bugging me, since it was Saturday night when it happened (this time). J freaked out going up the steps at the concert and I thought he was going to end up falling down them this time. He really freaked, and I even tried to pick him up...like I was going to be able to carry him up the steps....but that made him freak more. He can't help it. People stared, looked at us funny, the steps were plenty big enough but ppl had to push around us all huffy. I don't know what I want people to do, but I do know that gawking at him sure doesn't help.
Of course I count my blessings that the problems that he has are limited, but it's hard when everyone sees a normal kid and then something like this happens. And it makes other people, most of which have no clue, think that I'M crazy. If you don't live with a child who suffers from these issues, you really have no idea what it's like.
Anyway, just wanted to get this out in hopes of letting it go and moving past it.
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