tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post2117963397713080725..comments2024-01-24T05:26:00.039-08:00Comments on Whitterer on Autism: Art for arts sakeMaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05828186178060722812noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-15365041469002596512007-05-09T20:42:00.000-07:002007-05-09T20:42:00.000-07:00I think the fact that he was interested for that l...I think the fact that he was interested for that long of a conversation about the teapot is phenomenal...not sure my brother would engage that long!<BR/>And, the teapot looks adorable!Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614183206836938451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-28623959629874818732007-05-09T19:23:00.000-07:002007-05-09T19:23:00.000-07:00The teapot is lovely. Your son is beautiful.The teapot is lovely. Your son is beautiful.Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-90565751330651402562007-05-09T17:26:00.000-07:002007-05-09T17:26:00.000-07:00I was like your son. I broke things, I took them ...I was like your son. I broke things, I took them apart, and I gave them my own names.<BR/><BR/>Now, at 49, I appear more normal with every passing year.<BR/><BR/>But I read passages like yours and I remember how I was, and how I still am, to a lesser degree.<BR/><BR/>I remember walking up to my mother and saying, "He is hungry." and "He wants some water."<BR/><BR/>It's a mystery why some of us become more integrated into the world and others don't. And it's so hard to know what may happen. Never in a million years would I have predicted my life today a decade ago, and I have no idea where I'll be next year.<BR/><BR/>I looked at your other blog first but you said no one visited this one, or perhaps I misunderstood.John Robisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407165016025447113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-70212012430527397872007-05-09T12:19:00.000-07:002007-05-09T12:19:00.000-07:00Love the teapot idea and the conversation.....how ...Love the teapot idea and the conversation.....how cute!Lorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16566410028761708698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-78279908196109595372007-05-09T10:16:00.000-07:002007-05-09T10:16:00.000-07:00Hi, thanks so much for leaving comments on my blog...Hi, thanks so much for leaving comments on my blog. I've been lurking on your blog, reading about your wonderful boys and the rest of the family. After I read today's post I thought, gee, I look forward to the day when my grandson progresses from the words he says to telling me like it is. I will love that, I am so thrilled to hear him say a little word like blue!<BR/><BR/>And shingles, grrrrr, I would not wish these on my worst enemy, thanks for the sympathy! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-81673645803775079142007-05-09T10:12:00.000-07:002007-05-09T10:12:00.000-07:00oh how sweet. I read this and wanted to give your ...oh how sweet. I read this and wanted to give your little boy a big hug. Gives me a glimpse of what the near future holds with my own butterfingers...Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05339692982342520092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-24428538200674099122007-05-09T08:58:00.000-07:002007-05-09T08:58:00.000-07:00Actually it can be an "I don't know" answer. If y...Actually it can be an "I don't know" answer. If you don't want to take the mental effort to figure it out, the default is always "I don't know". I understand abstractly that on some level the answer "doesn't matter", but if you have a certain process for figuring stuff out, you have to use the process even for stuff that other people might not consider warrented that level of mental effort. <BR/><BR/>It is these simple questions that can be mine fields, like "does this make me look fat"?daedalus2uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10416564922288784455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-50832781764470610112007-05-09T08:51:00.000-07:002007-05-09T08:51:00.000-07:00definitely the better for green bits.i like how yo...definitely the better for green bits.<BR/><BR/>i like how your kids still sound british sometimes, after some time living in the US... it's good to be bicultural, right?n.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17677317372343868030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-61287951921247174252007-05-09T08:43:00.000-07:002007-05-09T08:43:00.000-07:00I think the pot looks lovely. I used to collect "n...I think the pot looks lovely. I used to collect "novelty" teapots. Well, actually, my grandmother did, and when she died, I was allowed one thing, and I picked one of her teapots (all of her fancy work had been spoken for), and so people started buying me teapots. Maybe I ought to put plants in them...Joeymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08254601805621175842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-64816776154414570222007-05-09T07:44:00.000-07:002007-05-09T07:44:00.000-07:00I think it's lovely! I have a yellow one that I go...I think it's lovely! I have a yellow one that I got at a garage sale sometime back and that's what I always meant to do.<BR/><BR/>And no, you cannot find fault in his assessment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119718461267453386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-60512995560482504992007-05-09T05:10:00.000-07:002007-05-09T05:10:00.000-07:00I like the teapot; love the kid!I like the teapot; love the kid!Patiencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032185243684487586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-87031371266904796002007-05-09T05:06:00.000-07:002007-05-09T05:06:00.000-07:00My eldest isn't as litteral as he once was... but ...My eldest isn't as litteral as he once was... but when all of a sudden it "pop" out... You're right... can't fault him for his accuracy :)<BR/><BR/>S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-40508340163559127362007-05-09T03:10:00.000-07:002007-05-09T03:10:00.000-07:00I think my husband just might have the same reply!...I think my husband just might have the same reply! Personally, I think it's lovely!Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302314943484045547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-41667169581114491832007-05-09T01:14:00.000-07:002007-05-09T01:14:00.000-07:00Coming out of lurking because that was just too cu...Coming out of lurking because that was just too cute. I love reading about all of his observations on things.<BR/>My son's usual answer to questions like that is - "I guess."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-49928735117738952692007-05-09T00:45:00.000-07:002007-05-09T00:45:00.000-07:00Great objective! My son breaks "every" little thi...Great objective! My son breaks "every" little thing he touches. This week he was twirling with a rock in his hand and now our kitchen window has a hole. I just try to take a deep breath...Terahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936397191156917837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-46114822685788240812007-05-08T23:36:00.000-07:002007-05-08T23:36:00.000-07:00Telling it like it is------there's something of th...Telling it like it is------there's something of the oil slick about my own boy but when he holds on, you're stuck fast in honey-strong glue.kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104388229716638534noreply@blogger.com