Friday, September 30, 2011

Do you hate when your kids use bad language?

When you are living with 3 nonverbal children, any word they say is a triumph!  Well.....almost every word.  When we are trying to get our children to ask for things we always make them say the word for the thing in which they would like. For example, if they want a bag of fruit snacks we tell them, "say snack" and they repeat the word "snack", for which they get the bag of fruit snacks.  The whole idea is to help them make the connection for saying a word to get what they want, versus pointing and grunting.  Autism seems to have, what we call, a derogatory accent, because when they say seemingly innocent words it can come out terribly offensive.  "Say burger" we tell Trey, he says "n*g**r".  We immediately stopped asking him to say burger.  "Say bacon", we say to Ashton, he, in turn, says "F**k".  I never could understand why he pronounced bacon like the F-word.  Of course, when it would be appropriate for them to use bad language they use words typically associated with happy events.  When Treyton is upset he will be flailing his arms and legs, screaming, and crying; all while yelling "Merry Christmas!".  When Ashton is crying he usually yells the word "Bubble!" amid his big alligator tears.  Of course, the very best moment is when you are sitting in a silent church and your son, in a fit of autism yells, "sit your ass down!".  Of course, I can't blame autism for that one!

1 comment:

  1. OH MY GOODNESS!! I totally pictured Phil when I read that last line! HA! Priceless!

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