The very first time I heard the term "
Asperger Syndrome" it was connected to a 9 year old boy on a friend's soccer team. She said that this kid had a really hard time coping with change and had thrown himself on the ground and screamed and thrown a tantrum like a two year old when she tried to change his position on the field. I
knew in that moment that whatever this boy had, was what was making our Cameron's life so challenging. That was the start of our journey...a story about a kid playing soccer that lead to a diagnosis that changed everything.
In the years since then, so many of the rites of passage that I saw other kids pass through, were untouchable to us for any of the kids...play dates, little league and soccer practice were replaced with evaluations, specialists, therapists and IEP meetings for special ed.
So this spring, you should have seen me crying like a baby all the way to Cameron and Ewan's first soccer practice. Me. A soccer mom. Wow.
Cameron was amazing! He played his heart out!
