Mint makes him vibrate…what’s your point?
This was my Monday.
“Ring”
me: Hello
NSN: Hello, Mrs. Blogauthor? This is Nurse Snivelnose from Aspies’ school. I am calling because I am wondering if your son has an affinity for going to the nurses office numerous times a day?
me: Hmmm…I don’t think so. What can I do for you?
NSN: Well Aspie is here and says that his stomach is vibrating and he thinks it’s from *insert condescending snort and laugh here* your new brand of toothpaste.
me: Well, yes. He has Asperger’s so I guess that is entirely possible. Put him on the phone.
After a few minutes of speaking with Aspie I spoke to NSN again.
NSN: If you can figure out what his problem is, I’d love it if you’d tell me.
me: I’ll be picking him up in five minutes.
Click.
I wordlessly went in (in my pjs) and picked up my child. NSN gave me the “Well now I see what the problem is” once over and I left…wordlessly. And this is what gets me. I don’t expect the average layman to get the Aspie thing. Hell I don’t really get the Aspie thing and I’m his mother. But the school nurse? Seriously…she chose to work with kids! The art room makes him feel like he took too much Tylenol and documentaries on George Lucas make his brain feel like it’s being tinkered with. What can I tell you? He’s an Aspie! If you don’t understand, at least show a little compassion for a kid whose Colgate Total 12 Hour Multi-Protection Fresh Stripe Toothpaste makes him vibrate. Put on your imagination cap and think of what it must be like to walk around in a world that feels like that. It’s the worst part of sending my kid off to school. None of these people are ever going to care enough…
This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 at 4:46 pm and is filed under Asperger's Syndrome, Uncategorized, children. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
September 18th, 2008 at 7:21 am
Oh I cannot even believe that happened to him. WHat a condescending biatch. Apparently the school nurse has a sensitivity chip missing and maybe the school nurses need to be brought up to speed to work on that. DUMBASS. Hugs sorry about that hon.
[Reply]
September 18th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Compassion is clearly missing from her makeup. Sorry to hear about this… he’s lucky to have a family that cares and takes time to try to understand.
[Reply]
September 19th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
How’s this for imagination….
My ‘aspie’ suggested to me (after reading a parenting magazine) that perhaps his behavior issues were due to my cocaine use during pregnancy. I actually think he was a bit disappointed when I told him I had never used cocaine…especially while he was in my womb.
[Reply]
June 11th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
toothpaste always makes me shiver. true story. i hear ya Aspie.
[Reply]
June 12th, 2009 at 12:54 am
NSN must be a clone. They are everywhere and without fail seem to blame right through their meager attempts at compassion (fail.)
“Doesn’t get it,” must be on the qualification sheet. Unfortuantely this is true, Aspie or not.
[Reply]