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My son blows me away practically every day. I witness neurotypical individuals habitually fail to show both empathy and courtesy to other people. But my son habitually displays both. It hasn't been without many conversations about why these things are so important. And it isn't at every opportunity that he feels these things naturally. But there are many moments when he does that make my heart swell so huge! And today is one of those days. His best friend broke a bone in his foot this weekend. Today Zak made him a get well card. In case the print is too small, he wrote:  I hope the joke I'm making doesn't "break" our friendship. :) -Get it? (No offence) I've never broken anything so I don't know how you feel, all I know is it hurts and I HATE IT when I get hurt :( So I want to cheer you up. On the next page is a comic I made to cheer you up :) The comic is about a boy who thinks bomber planes are coming. Another boy te...

For the last couple of months, Kit's attire of choice is usually a fluffy "princess dress", and we have several that rotate through the laundry cycles. And a few tutu skirts that are acceptable princess garb as well. Many nights we are only able to peel them off of her by promising that she can wear them again the next day. (We have even let her sleep in them, but we figured out that they were not contributing to her sleeping well throughout the night, so we try to get her to wear well fitted pjs whenever possible. Everyone has a better night this way.) So unless there is major spillage, she will often wear the same one a couple times a week.  I'm ecstatic for this development and the fact that it has lasted as long as it has. A year ago, nothing with tulle could even come close to her skin! And while she still is sensitive to rough edges, softer tulle, especially between layers of satin or cotton is no longer an issue for her! In fact, where she used to sim...