Notes From Austen:
04/27/12:
I just saw a video about this guy who was talking about his Autistic child. He sent a teeny microphone with his child to school and he got some sounds which made him very mad. They were words like shut up and other mean things. This one part about the video is when the teacher laughs at the child because he asks if he can see his dad after his mom. She said, you can't see, and she started laughing. I think it was disgusting that a teacher said shut up to a child, and make fun of the child. It makes me think about my school and my special needs friends. Sometimes I hear my teacher yell at my friends and it makes me mad too. She has never been that mean like the teachers in this video, but she is a little mean. This one day we were reading something called e-books. One of my special needs friends started talking, she said sit down and be quiet in a very angry voice. I was kind of mad about that. Sometimes I think of my brother Parker. I'm scared of next year when he goes to real school and I'm just a little scared about Parker being yelled at like that child on the video. Sometimes I want to send a microphone with my brother to see what things people say to him.
My teacher talked to the class and said some kids bully my friends with special needs and I was mad about that too. I wish I knew who those people were so I could tell them that these children have special needs and they can't be treated the way you treated them but I didn't know their names. I don't think my teacher would ever tell me those children's names but I still think about children bullying my friends. It's not just bullying, one day I heard my classmates call my friends weird.
Sometimes people say I'm weird and that makes me mad. I wish people could understand that I'm different too, really we all are, and sometimes it makes me sad because it sounds like they are making fun of me. It's not funny to me. It feels like I know how my special needs friends feel, it's like I'm in their body and feeling how they would be feeling and knowing how they feel makes me sad. People need to think about things first before they say them, saying mean things hurts everyone.
I just saw a video about this guy who was talking about his Autistic child. He sent a teeny microphone with his child to school and he got some sounds which made him very mad. They were words like shut up and other mean things. This one part about the video is when the teacher laughs at the child because he asks if he can see his dad after his mom. She said, you can't see, and she started laughing. I think it was disgusting that a teacher said shut up to a child, and make fun of the child. It makes me think about my school and my special needs friends. Sometimes I hear my teacher yell at my friends and it makes me mad too. She has never been that mean like the teachers in this video, but she is a little mean. This one day we were reading something called e-books. One of my special needs friends started talking, she said sit down and be quiet in a very angry voice. I was kind of mad about that. Sometimes I think of my brother Parker. I'm scared of next year when he goes to real school and I'm just a little scared about Parker being yelled at like that child on the video. Sometimes I want to send a microphone with my brother to see what things people say to him.
My teacher talked to the class and said some kids bully my friends with special needs and I was mad about that too. I wish I knew who those people were so I could tell them that these children have special needs and they can't be treated the way you treated them but I didn't know their names. I don't think my teacher would ever tell me those children's names but I still think about children bullying my friends. It's not just bullying, one day I heard my classmates call my friends weird.
Sometimes people say I'm weird and that makes me mad. I wish people could understand that I'm different too, really we all are, and sometimes it makes me sad because it sounds like they are making fun of me. It's not funny to me. It feels like I know how my special needs friends feel, it's like I'm in their body and feeling how they would be feeling and knowing how they feel makes me sad. People need to think about things first before they say them, saying mean things hurts everyone.
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03/25/12: Tomorrow is my birthday. I am going to be 9 years old. I got a 3DS and 4 new games.So did Peeky. I love my brother. I know you do too. I love that I don't have to share my 3DS. I think that is why he got one too. Even though I got a DS I still like to play without it. I played with Peeky a lot today. Just pretending. I hope you like my notes. Have a great week.
02/28/2012: My Brother is very smart. He has Autism He sometimes makes me angry. It can be frustrating to have a brother with Autism. It's okay to get frustrated. I still love my brother. I love how some things are sensory things for him, like carving a pumpkin provides good sensory for him. He likes the way it feels.One time he got 2nd place on Mario Kart. He mostly just gets 12th. I was so proud of him. It makes me feel proud when he does something that is hard for him. I love my brother.
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