Right now i am at work doing night shift as a nurse. My other job is working casually as a respite care for kids with special needs. Alot of our clients are kids with autism and some of the things you have been writing about are things i have come across whilst at work. Reading your experiences has cemented the love i already have for my job. The highlight of my job is seeing a child do "something special", which as you know is sometimes the simplest things like eye contact, touching you, or even leaving their clothes on in public. I suppose the other highlight and its something that comes from within me is knowing by doing my job it give the parents a well desevered break. Time to rekindle marriages, spoil other kids........time to just feel human and get ready to do it all again.
Good on you for writing about this and sharing it with us all

Claire