Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Spreading awareness our way

I've been preoccupied since my surgery. Recovery has gone well. My knee has healed better than the doctor expected. I have full use of it again. During this time I've become completely submerged in Celtic faerie lore, especialy stories of the Tautha de Danaan. They're the ancient faerie race of Ireland thought of as the first inhabitants of the country before humankind arrived. I love all the stories surrounding them and I've been caught up in it all over again. That's why I haven't been around much.

But I haven't forgotten what month this is: Autism Awareness Month.


Y is doing her part to get the message out. The message we'd like to see more of.








This is the shirt we had made. It was J approved. In fact, he's getting a shirt of his own later this week. Y is wearing the shirt today. I still plan on getting some for her friends - whoever wants one. I know of three for sure. We're hoping there will be more after tomorrow. The process and shipment is fast so the shirts can be worn throughout the month. I'm late on getting this going but money has been the issue. When isn't it?

We're also thinking of making stickers to pass out at school. J will have a hand in designing that like he did the shirts if I can find a good deal on getting the stickers in bulk.

This is what we'll be doing for autism awareness month.

6 comments:

Casdok said...

Great to hear your knee is doing well.
And i just love the teeshirt! Cant wait to see more!

Marla said...

Very nice. Your daughter is beautiful. You can tell they are close kids. Wonderful!

misha_k said...

Casdok & marla - thank you.

The T-shirt was fun to make. The stickers may be a problem. A pack of fifty is $80.00. I have to decide if I'm going to do that. And Y & J are very close. It makes me proud to say they're my kids.

Elissa - Managing Autism said...

Glad to hear your knee is healing well. And I love the shirt!!

Kassiane said...

As the autistic sister to non autistic siblings, I heartily approve of your daughter's shirt (only a month late, too...followed a link). What a COOL sister.

Phil Schwarz said...

A propos de Danann: Back in the first season of the Asperger's Association of New England's Film Series, we screened John Sayles's beautiful film "The Secret of Roan Inish", viewing it and discussing it as an allegory for positive, constructive family responses to autism. The family discovers the child that they thought had been lost, was really there all along, but in a part of their world they had left -- and finally came back to reclaim.