Guest post
Autism and the delayed effect
Posted by
Kathy Brodie on September 28, 2015.
I am very proud and pleased to present the first of a series of guest blog posts, written by Mrs M, who writes ‘A Slice of Autism‘.
This will be a series of articles about being the mum of a child with autism. They are ‘warts and all’ accounts, often very personal and always very moving. They will make you laugh and make you cry.
I hope you will find it both interesting and supportive:
Tonight my son walked through the door from school and immediately I knew. He didn’t have to say or do anything….I just knew!
Call it mothers intuition, or call it years and years of practice, but I knew something was wrong. It was the delayed effect. My son has had a tricky day at school. He has held it together for nearly 7 hours. He walks through the front door…..And bam!!
He’s somewhere safe, familiar and he can’t contain the pressure anymore.
It creeps out of every fibre of his being. His face is tense and he has red cheeks. His body is stiff and awkward. His words are fast and loud, and he’s agitated. He’s hungry, he’s not hungry. He wants a snack but not what’s in the cupboard.