A strange thing

Ned Batchelder, writing about raising an autistic child:

If Socrates had had an autistic child, I imagine he would have also said, “The fully-examined life is an exhausting pain in the ass”. I would love to not have to carefully orchestrate every aspect of Nat’s life. I would love for him to be able to walk outside and play with other kids on the street. I would love for him to be typical.

But he is not, and that will not change. So at least I can take pleasure in the care that we exercise in arranging his life, and ours around his.

It is, at times, an exhausting pain in the ass. But I am in a rare position. Rather than having a guardian angel, I am the guardian of an angel. It is the strangest thing.

Posted on October 5th, 2006 by pwyll
Filed under: personal observations

One Response to “A strange thing”

  1. Paco Malo, on October 6th, 2006 at 1:03 pm Said:

    beautiful, man, beautiful

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