how do you view autism?

My experience with Autism has been filled with happiness & sadness, but more happiness then anything. Everyday for us is a typical normal day, just like any other family with kids, we just do ours in baby steps & we take it minute by minute.. My son is almost 4 & was diagnosed with Autism right before age 2. My son is just a normal boy his age who just so happen to have problems with speech, sensory issuse, eye contact, & social skills, but you know what, he is one of a kind & everyone that meets him learns so much about Autism & they learn to undersstand that Autism isn't all that awful as some think it is...

Yes,i have a son who is special child which is Autism.He is hyperactive and sometimes trumatic maybe because he is non verbal. I really love my son so much.He has almost all my attentions.He needs love and care.I bring him to a special school and it helps a lot in his development.God,Bless!

I don't have kids with autism, but I have it myself. I have HFA, high-functioning. Autism is a burden as well as a blessing. I annoy people with obsessions and I have meltdowns. I have to admit that I kicked and screamed till senior year in high school! Well, I still meltdown when things go awry, but on the inside. But I still scream and kick in my dreams. My recent dream meltdown took place in Newark, New Jersey, around the airport area. I was snapping photos of things that are interesting, especially the New Jersey Turnpike trailblazer shields (latest obsession so far). But the fat, African-American bus driver told me to put it away. I did, but asked him why. He was yelling at me for doing something, so I kicked and screamed bloody murder. The driver accused me of kicking him, even though I actually kicked the bus seat, and expelled me. For what? I just graduated high school! Then I woke up. This is proof that autism not only affects my waking life, but my dreams.