Challenging Autistics

As a child with autism (or any other special needs in general) grows up and goes through many unique experiences in their lives, some things will definitely be harder for their minds to process certain new tasks and thus try to avoid doing it. 

Due to how raising an autistic child can be very stressful for the parents who are afraid of upsetting their child, they simply find it easier to just not make the child do whatever it is they could or should do. While certain instances are fine for here and there, excessive amounts of this will create long-lasting consequences as the child will probably end up later in life not wanting to do anything at all, even if it’s important for their future’s well-being. 

In order for a child to learn how to be successful and overcome certain insecurities, they will have to be pushed by their parents to do whatever it may be that might appear alien and scary at first but once it’s actually done, it may turn out to not be so bad after all.

The parents themselves also need to realize that they need to be tougher for when it comes to bringing their kids into these certain scenarios and not simply not go along with it just because the kids don't want to do it.  

I myself have been made to do certain things by my parents many times throughout my life. 

One such as instance was signing up for the career & tech program when I was in high school so I could learn how to do something special with a career choice in the school. At first I wanted to try doing computers but my parents informed me that it might end up being too hard and I agreed so I instead enrolled in the culinary program. In the long run this actually turned out to be the better choice for me as I not only got to socially interact with more people who signed up for it, but also got to learn how to properly handle foods and learn how to cook some for myself.

Another instance was doing a zip-line from a mountain all the way down to the bottom during a trip at Lake George. I was very terrified having to do this but my parents still made me get ready. As I was getting set up, I began crying out loud that I was going to crap my pants which caused the employees and (everyone else) to laugh as they explained that it was going to be all okay for me. So after I got fully situated, I went on the lines with my family all the way down to the bottom and it was actually a lot of fun which resulted me asking if we could go again.

My dad always said if you don't challenge a person with a disability, eventually the world will challenge them. 

Me braving my fears and going down the zip-line at Lake George, New York.

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