{"id":245,"date":"2013-02-13T10:49:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T10:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2013-02-13T10:49:47","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T10:49:47","slug":"17-things-the-princess-bride-taught-me-about-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/2013\/02\/13\/17-things-the-princess-bride-taught-me-about-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Things “The Princess Bride” Taught Me About Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Great post over at AutismWeb yesterday on “The 17 Things ‘The Princess Bride’ Taught Me About Autism.”<\/a>\u00a0 Thank you Winnie for reposting it, and big thanks to Snagglebox<\/a>, source of the original post.\u00a0\u00a0 We could all use a dose of this today.\u00a0\u00a0 Personally I’m replaying #16, i.e. even when I’m dog tired, with my perpetual sleep issues lately – and even when there’s two steps forward and one step back, as in W’s disrobing behavior and J.’s agitation, I’m still alive and keeping up the fight.\u00a0\u00a0And most importantly, #17.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To the castle – !<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Affection doesn\u2019t have to mean saying I love you. <\/strong>Reading a story to someone who\u2019s sick in bed, saying \u201cas you wish\u201d or playing rhyming games that annoy your boss… there are many more ways to show love than just those three little words.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Optimism can get you through the fire swamp. <\/strong>Just because you haven\u2019t tackled a problem before doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019s no solution, even for POUS\u2019s (Problems of Unusual Size).<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Having a target will help you stay focused. <\/strong>You don\u2019t have the energy or resources to tackle every challenge that\u2019s in front of you. Find your six-fingered man – prioritize your goals, work out which of those you can tackle and then pursue them with everything you\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles. <\/strong>Be patient. Change and growth takes time, and there are no corners to be cut here. Every kid is working to their own schedule and developing at their own rate.<\/p>\n

See the rest of the original Snagglebox post here:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.snagglebox.com\/2013\/02\/17-things-princess-bride-taught-me.html<\/a><\/p>\n

And, last but not least, a final word we all need to remember:<\/p>\n

17. \u00a0It\u2019s one hell of a story. <\/b>Sure there\u2019ll be laughs, adventure, pain and tears… but at the heart of it all, it\u2019s about love.<\/p>\n

Have fun storming the castle!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Great post over at AutismWeb yesterday on “The 17 Things ‘The Princess Bride’ Taught Me About Autism.”\u00a0 Thank you Winnie for reposting it, and big thanks to Snagglebox, source of the original post.\u00a0\u00a0 We could all use a dose of this today.\u00a0\u00a0 Personally I’m replaying #16, i.e. even when I’m dog tired, with my perpetual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}