The other day Reg and I were talking and he said, "I don't think you should say that Jaden is autistic anymore." I was shocked at first. I don't ever want to live in denial. I know that is can be uncomfortable for people to hear that she has autism. I know that she might get to a point where she is embarrassed for me to be telling others about her struggles. But I certainly don't want to stop talking about this huge thing that takes up so much of our lives and efforts, and pretend, by not mentioning it, that it isn't really there.
But Reg said, "Think of it this way: if you had a kid that was overweight but over the years he lost the weight, would you call him 'overweight' forever?"
I could have hugged him at that moment.
I don't think JadenGrace is healed completely of autism just yet. But I can't deny that she has made such amazing progress that I should slow down on saying, "she has autism." One day I might be able to say, "She used to have autism."
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