She's a blanket hog. We all have our own blanket because she either pulls the blanket off you or she gets too hot and sleeps on top of the blanket .... so you lose the blanket that way! I hear people saying "why doesn't she sleep in her own bed?". ... once again I refer you to that book .... John Robison recounts the Aspergian trait of 'sleeping in a pile' .... Kaylia has it bad! If we get her to sleep in her own room, we will not sleep because of the noise of her complaints .... or because of the elephant going up and down the stairs! .... and she doesn't 'get used to it' ....
Another musing resulting from 'that book' .... the Big-A (both Aspy and Auty) is a name for a group of common characteristics. Of itself, the Big-A is not a justification for failure in life. A child who fits the descriptor is not condemned! We're surrounded by successful adults who are 'on the spectrum' ....
If a child's version of the Big-A is severe enough, it may prove to be a massive problem .... but success can still be achieved in some areas.
A big obstacle is the fact that an Auty child is highly likely to have Auty parents ... it has to come from somewhere! The Auty-ness of the parents makes it harder for them to manage the Auty-ness in the child ..... and there is such a paucity of community help in our society.
If our society were more communal, help for this problem would be feasible .... but in our segregated, nuclear society help is rare. The 'help' in our society is seen as money ... money will pay for early intervention therapy for Auty-ness but so much more help is needed .... it ain't hap'nen!
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