...this blog has me thinking....something that I do reluctantly and with intention when required. I've done a short preface and a page on each family member. BUT, this is only my perspective so you must take that into consideration when reading. I can only tell you what I observe from the viewpoint as an individual, a mother, a wife, a family member and a woman.
I have recently read a few personal blogs who allowed me to observe how others react to those on the Autistic spectrum. It has encouraged me to do the same in regard to our family because it is through our family dynamics that the anomaly of Autism and/or Asperger's become most prevalent: in the minute-to-minute interactions between family members, in the hour-to-hour processing of words, actions, facial expressions, etc. and the day-to-day living of those processed words, actions, facial expressions, etc. which inevitably build our relationships. Not that this is exclusive to our family, but it becomes amplified with the overlay of an autistic lens.
It is not easy to live in any environment which one may consider restrictive and, yet, for the autistic person structure is more comfortable. [NOTE: When I use the word autistic, I use it as an all-inclusive term of the entire spectrum.] Where in this structured environment [our home], one might be limited to expressions, or activities, or what they would be consider a 'normal' living for the sake of one or more individuals, it might take on a monotonous quality where new ideas are not easily tolerated and new routines difficult to integrate as well as new ideas or suggestions.
Hence, I have undertaken what on the surface may be difficult and sometimes overwhelming, but which I feel could prove beneficial to others. And, at this point, until my hands and arms can no longer tolerate the keyboard movements, I will devote myself.
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