Chet's weekend

This was a great weekend for Chet.  Not only has he been to this campout for many years, he isn't even the only person with autism present. There are a number of other youth and young adults on the spectrum and his differences somehow seem a bit less startling on this weekend.

Chet does helpful things that people have grown to look for.  He has made himself sort of the "bell hop"  of the weekend and helps everyone unload their gear and helpfully carries it to their quarters. He finds people who like to play a card game called "Magic" and spends hours doing that.  He helped clean the kitchen after breakfast.  He just shines.

Weekends like this make it easier to deal with the fact that I spend hours explaining why we don't just parrot phrases we hear on sit-coms.  Or the fact that it takes 20 minutes to explain that the original itunes account on my computer was corrupted by a virus and all the data lost.  Kirsty has a new itunes account on her computer but this meant that Chet lost $2.10 on a card that was registered on my account.  Trust me, this was BIG people!  LOL

I am so grateful that there are places and people who let him shine and who see beyond the differences to the really genuinely good kid that he is.