I am not Autistic, I have Autism

A difference between Autism and Autistic. After many years dealing with my son and his condition of Autism, I have come to a conclusion between these two words. I have always refused the idea to describe my son as Autistic, giving me many hours at night dealing with it, I will try to explain as simple as I can the difference between them with my own point of view.

My son Arthur is not Autistic, because he does not have a disease, like Pneumonia. He has Autism, a disorder affecting his language, communication, social interaction, behavior and cognitive aspects of his life.

He is not a disease, his condition is affecting him the way he relates to others. He is different, unique and the love of my life. I felt this morning the need to write about my feelings and explain to others a little bit about my life and the way Autism has touch my soul.

This painting is about an alien frog raised inside a lab, after growing a lot, she scapes to the outside world and the entire village was scare of her, but she feels happy and she is eating anything she can find, she is also making dirty all the neighborhood.

What I write here is what Arthur explains me about his paintings. He will sign all his work and he will paint different everytime because his paintings are part of his feelings and thoughts on a daily basis.

The size of this paintings 9" by 12" paper, watercolor,crayons and markers and you may find it at: arthursimo.etsy.com

My First Summer Job

Arthur has mature this summer, he feels so happy and I want it to share it with all our followers and readers. First I heard that at work they will accept kids for summer, so I contacted this organization and they were giving jobs to teen for summer. Well I called and spoke to a supervisor and I mentioned Arthur's Autism, she replied that she can give one to one basis training and I could be present, great next we went to the training and Arthur was ready for work. After the first day of work this was his remark . " I am so happy mom, I knew it I can do it. "

Arthur hopes you enjoy his pictures as he enjoy his job. Thanks

Arthur is working a Cisi's Pizza for school credits

This is a new challenge for Arthur. He is working at a pizza place and he will get credits for High School, he is very happy, they will assign him to different duties and he can not wait until he gets to bake a pizza. Every Monday he will be working four hours until the end of this school year. The teacher was very proud of him and took a picture of him.

Next year he will begin a four year Chef program, which it will encourage his creativity in the kitchen. So far, he loves to make cakes and every week he cooks one on Sunday. Arthur is very happy because besides painting, he can also bake.