I have to admit. I am a rebel. I have always been a rebel. You tell me I can't do something and that's pretty much the only thing I want to do. Not so great when you are a pastor's daughter and then a pastor's wife. It has served me well when I've had to do things that are not bad just difficult, however. So, you take the good, you take the bad, you take them both.....(grin).
Ok, so now to be serious. I have to admit I'm not running on much sleep Zach has been up for several nights with a cold so I've been up for several nights with Zach so take this post for what it's worth and forgive any ramblings. I rebel against Autism. I'm really guilty of it. Sometimes I succeed at it and sometimes it kicks me in the butt and I have to pick myself up and give myself a pep talk, but I always keep rebelling against it. I just hate to be told I can't do something.
Take today for instance. I need to make something for the breakfast we are having at church tomorrow. I can totally go to the store and buy a package of donuts or danish and everyone would understand and probably love them. No big deal. However, that is not me. I LOVE to bake. I love to create things and love to make yummy things in my kitchen. The thing is that it is really, really hard to do with the boys. There have been so many times where I have tried to bake and ended up with Z playing on the floor in a pile of flour. Z loved it, not so great for baking edible items. So I tend to get nervous about baking but really want to try. So today I decided to rebel. I decided to make cinnamon rolls from scratch for the breakfast tomorrow.
Here's the thing. It worked. The boys played nicely while I made the dough and other than a few trips to the bathroom with Z and a few computer issues everything went really well and my dough is rising. Haha, Autism, I win!! I know to many of you this seems so silly but to me it's a nice feeling. There are many battles with Autism that I can't win yet but I'm able to make home made cinnamon rolls and that, for today, is a victory.
Christy, I've never read anything from you about gluten having an effect on autism. I just read yesterday that it does and was wondering if you had heard about that. If you are interested I can get you the source and you could check into it for yourself.
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Thanks for the reply. We have researched the effects of gluten on Autism and have seen the results of several of our friends children. We have tried gluten/casein free with the boys and have seen minimal results. Most of the boys issues are not gut related which is where the gluten free diet can have a good effect. We may try it again sometime in the future but for now we are focusing on intensive therapy. Thank you so much for the heads up!!
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