The day we told Cade...

We've suspected Cade has

Asperger's Syndrome

{click here to find out about Asperger's Syndrome}

since he was about four.

But we didn't KNOW (as in diagnosed) until

about a year ago.

So, as a parent of a child on the Autism Spectrum,

the question remains:

Do you tell them, or don't you?

Everyone has a different opinion.

We decided to tell him.

We found the greatest book to help us break the news to him.

All Cats Have Asperger's Syndrome
It's adorable,

cute,

has great pictures of funny cats,

and explains all of the characteristics

that make Cade...Cade.

He received it extremely well.

In fact, I'm pretty sure he was relieved.

He know's he's different.

He FEELS different...but just didn't know why!

We've told him for AGES that God made his brain different.

That's why he uses big words, and that's why he

loves video games, Star Wars and Pokemon (to a fault).
{FYI to all of you out there who cringed when
you read Pokemon-- it was created by a man
who also has Asperger's! Thus his fascination with it...}

But now he understands why he doesn't have many friends.

He understands why he feels awkward

when he's talking to other people.

Some people disagree about getting a lable placed on him.

But I think to ignore the obvious differences between him

and other children his age,

is to try to make him into something he's NOT...

and to ignore the specific way God designed him.

...and when God made this boy,
he made a one of a kind,
sweet, sensitive, bright young man!
He blows me away everyday with how intelligent he is!

I'm so proud of my Amazing Aspie!

And I'm so glad God made him

just the way he is.