Let's stick with the list, okay?

As with many children of varying degrees of disabilities, Dawson is a visual learner. This is why we base so many of his day to day activities on picture schedules, and "Boardmaker"-type of visuals(http://www.mayer-johnson.com/).
As a result, we find that he himself also uses the pictures at times, to communicate his desires to us. This is, of course to our delight....for the most part. It also gives us many cute and humorous moments;
Every morning, we fill a board on the fridge with the options that he will have for breakfast. On the board, it reads, "For breakfast, I want"- we then attach with Velcro various pictures of foods that he will be able to choose from. The pictures are from a well organized binder that contains all of the potential foods, places, activities and people that we can prepare him for on a daily basis.
I think that God has given him a great sense of humor, because he often will go to the binder, take out a personal favorite, and stick it onto the fridge board- "For breakfast, I want marshmallows- okay" "For breakfast, I want rice crispy cake-okay" I'm sure that it's partly the fact that he cannot process the time of day with the corresponding meal very well. But I'm sure it's also partly humor....
We're thankful that he has a sense of humor- and can smile and laugh. This is something that many parents of autistic kids are not blessed with. Have a great weekend-t