Temper tantrum

Darren's temper tantrum is getting worst nowadays, he will show his unhappiness when we ask him to do something against his will. He knows how to protest now...which i don't know how to react to it, want to be happy or angry :-)

Today is my dad-in-law's birthday. So like usual, we have dinner as a family at the coffee shop opposite our house. This year I decided to bring Darren along, as I think that he needs more exposure to this kind of environment, and we can't keep him at home forever just because he is autistic & too troublesome. Like I expected, he didn't wanna sit on the high chair for baby, and he refused to sit on my lap also. He cried & screamed and hit his head with his fists. But what i didn't expect is the reaction of people at the coffee shop. They are very dismay & treat it as a free show :-). And my dad-in-law actually buried his face behind newspaper. hehe. I was angry at this reaction at 1st, but hey! I told myself, they are just not aware of what is autism. And that's why autism awareness movement is very important.

And I have decided whatever help is needed in the autism organisations (any organisation), I will try my very best to help & share my experience about Darren, to create more autism awareness. Papa was a bit uneasy about what happened at the coffee shop, so I told him, this is one of the many challenges we are going to face ahead of us as Darren is getting bigger & he has his own will also, and he is not robot which we can control along, so no matter what happen, no matter what others think about him, we have to thicken our face skin & just ignored it... I think my face is already very thick by now as I am always with him everyday, bringing him to public places. Papa is just not used to it, which I understand. But Papa, we have more to learn from this little lost brain. So, Gambate!

Like I said before in my previous post. Kyoko has already warned us that his behavioral problems will alleviate as we go along the treatments, so we can expect worst temper tantrum, eating & licking of non-food objects, hyperactivity, self injury, etc. But after the treatment is completed, I hope those will go down gradually.....