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[quote=Anonymous]My son has asd and has a lot of little friends that do, too. We recognize each other easily out and about! Our kids learn differently and often, something parents of babies and neurotyoical kids don't understand, is that they don't understand and are intrigued by large reactions and will seek them out -  this is why they bug dogs, babies, and parents of young babies. Countless times I have been in situations where my child is at the park for kids his age, in the pool not the baby pool, mind you, and other places for him, as marked, and we have had issues with parents of young children getting irate and furious with us. My son is 5 but looks much older and this has been going on for years. He may grab a ball. He may not wait his turn. I am a huge helicopter mom and am right there, ready to intervene and I will. But it's important that he be allowed to figure this stuff out. Same for other kids like him and there are a ton with all kinds of issues that make this stuff extra hard. So often when parents think a child is being awful or hasn't been well parented in this area, that kid has special needs. I'm not going to tell you that necessarily at the park. You don't deserve my kids medical history because you think he's being too possessive of the swing especially when I'm right there to help him. But you can avoid some of this by doing things like bringing your baby in a huge floaty into the little kids area of the pool where kids are playing. Bringing huge amounts of toys to the park. Yelling at other kids when their parent is right there. My son doesn't understand and he gets very scared. He's also a child. I'm not letting him interfere with your child's safety or happiness. He's learning. Cut kids some slack. [/quote]

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