So those of you with special needs kids, how do you handle shopping? Do you bring your special needs child out with you? Stay home with the special needs child while the spouse goes out?
We're finding that when we go grocery shopping (as a family) our autistic son does quite well, for the most part.
As for going to Walmart? Whooooweeeeeeee! I am talking claw marks from the electronics section (he LOVES video games and knows we won't buy them often) to the door along with screams and tears running down his face. Although tonight he decided it would be a good time to try spinning his frustrations out in the busy aisles!! Then he got mad when I tried to stop him.
Sometimes I really dread shopping. Not to mention the stares we get, no matter how hard I try to ignore them, it just gets SO irritating. It's just hard to be a "normal" family even though I know we'll always be a "special" family...
We're finding that when we go grocery shopping (as a family) our autistic son does quite well, for the most part.
As for going to Walmart? Whooooweeeeeeee! I am talking claw marks from the electronics section (he LOVES video games and knows we won't buy them often) to the door along with screams and tears running down his face. Although tonight he decided it would be a good time to try spinning his frustrations out in the busy aisles!! Then he got mad when I tried to stop him.
Sometimes I really dread shopping. Not to mention the stares we get, no matter how hard I try to ignore them, it just gets SO irritating. It's just hard to be a "normal" family even though I know we'll always be a "special" family...