Different. Not more.
I post a lot about autism. This blog, is called, "April Walks with Autism" after all. But really what I try to talk about is "special needs." "Differently abled." "Not normal." But today we will broach that small line under the title of my blog that reads, "and a few other things too." Today I write about... the GIFTED child. Yep, I got me one of those, too. But wait? Doesn't that fall into the category of "special needs?" "Differently abled? "Not normal?" I mean Luke is autistic and he has an IEP. Jared is gifted and he has an IEP. So I think it's time we talked about it. It's interesting. I meet a lot of parents with autistic kids that are sort of embarrassed to talk about their child's autism. Almost like there's this badge of shame in saying that your kid may be less than "whole" somehow. I'm the mom with a puzzle piece tattoo on her a$$ so what does that te...