Dale (my son who has autism) is now going to a public school nearby. He started Monday (7am-10am). He cried when the door was closed behind me. The teacher asked me to leave him there.I stayed for a few minutes outside listening to my son cry. It was impossible for me not to cry, too. That was the first time I've ever left him to total strangers.
Then another teacher went by and asked me to go home. "Masasanay din yan, Mrs.", she said.
Yesterday, i also stayed outside, waiting for him to stop crying. He did after 5 minutes. Then i went home.
Today, he wouldn't let me put his uniform on, but i told him: YOU HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL. TEACHER IS WAITING FOR YOU. YOU'LL PLAY THE ABC (plastic abc's he was playing with there). THEN YOU'LL EAT YOUR BAON, THEN I'LL COME BACK FOR YOU.
He suddenly looked at me at that last statement.
So, i repeated, MOMMY WILL COME BACK FOR YOU.
So, when we got to school, he got his snackbox from me and went inside the classroom, placed it on top of the table and went straight to the plastic abc's.
His teacher's jaw dropped.
I stayed outside for a while for I couldn't help crying. This time, I wasn't sad or worried. This time, I was happy.
God gave me another good sign today that my son will be okay.
