We went to dinner Saturday night at Kristin's "boyfriend's" house. He has Aspergers. It's odd, her best friend from school was autistic and now another good friend has Aspergers. He did scream quite a bit at the dinner, it was stressful for him, but Kristin's presence at times also seemed to calm him. His parents said she 'soothed the savage beast'. A lot of his toys, even his siblings can't touch, but he would have no problem when Kristin would just pick something up. He has a twin, who does not have Aspergers. What that means, in terms of the condition, I don't know, but his twin is a girl and so Kristin takes to them both real well.
It's puzzling that America doesn't seem more concerned about autism or Aspergers Syndrome, it seems to be so prevalent. I think if, within a generation or two, there was such a rapid increase in the number of cases of something else, there would be more of an alarm. What is causing this to happen?
I am glad that we have people to associate with and that Kristin has playmates. We have to teach her though, that sometimes the behavior these kids do is not acceptable for her to do. It's hard to explain this to her, at her age. Toney told me after the dinner how lucky we are. We do realize that and appreciate it. She soothes and bonds with these kids in a way other classmates don't.
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