So, the 100 days of summer are coming to a screeching halt and James has asked for an unusual request. He wants to make a deal with all of the adults who live in our house, 4 to be exact. Before we get to his request, let's just ponder and see what making a deal with him in the past has looked like. Let's make a Deal don't worry... I'll wait (da da da da,da da da-- da da da da ^da dadadadada, da da da da, da da da, da da da da da da da. For those of you who didn't catch the tune, it was the timing music for Jeopardy)The current deal of this very savvy 11 year old is this... for one day, Sunday, he wants no one to be able to ask or tell him to do anything. NOTHING! We can't ask him questions, can't ask him to flush the toilet, did he wash his hands, NOTHING!! Okay, I'm game; only I had one stipulation. Well really two, but whose counting? First, if he forgets to take his medicine, an adult can ask him to get it. Second, the deal is up at 6:00PM when he needs to be dressed because the adults in the house are taking him out to his favorite restaurant for a celebratory, I mean, last supper before the beginning of 6th grade! If said child, isn't independently ready by 6 PM sharp, the supper out goes away (like all of Cinderella's niceties at the stroke of midnight. 6PM Pacific time, it must be midnight somewhere in the world) and he will have to eat at the table in our house with no special restaurant. Okay... I am looking at this as an interesting social experiment... After all... one of the main deficits in individuals with Autism is their social interactions. So here we go...
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