by Pat on Jan 2, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Filed in Autism Family Facts | Parenting Autistic Children | Stories from Readers
I would like to tell you a funny story about my son who also has autism. Around Halloween time he was hooked on the movie "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown". My son would watch this movie often and would repeat sentences from the movie. There was a point in the movie where Lucy knocked on a door trick or treating and said," Can I get an extra candy for my block head brother he is in the pumpkin patch." As we went trick or treating I would wait at the end of the sidewalk while the kids knocked on the doors in search of candy. After a while I noticed his candy bag was twice as heavy as his sister's. So I asked my daughter, "Why he had so much more candy than you do?" She told me that he asked everyone for an extra candy for his block head brother. This is real, no joke. Just a little humor and Thank You for allowing parents to share their stories on this wonderful website. Jackie S.