Changes

12/4/14

Changes in life are inevitable, some are brilliant changes - some not so much. Whether it be a relationship break down, a death of a loved one, an unforseen event. Sometimes it can be a new job, an unexpected thing that turns out to be amazing. I've had a few changes throughout my life, both good and bad.
For the majority of people changes are fine, you do what you can with the hand you've been dealt and move on. With children and adults with autism and many other disabilities, changes are horrendous. They complicate everything.
Routine is a big thing for us. Not so much in a regimented time schedule, but we have to do the same things in the same order. I guess I'm lucky that Luke hasn't yet developed a sense of time. At the minute we just have to follow the same pattern. So, we'll get up, go to the toilet, wash hands, brush teeth, have breakfast, go to nursery, come home, have lunch, watch some TV, do some drawing, play outside, have a dance party (great fun and good for exercise, also gets the good old endorphins flowing!), have dinner, have a bath, go to bed. And repeat the following day. My life is a little like the song "eat, sleep, rave, repeat", but without the going out clubbing.
We are going to be having lots of changes in the near future. Luke and I are moving out on our own! We have a lovely little 2 bedroom house, in a nice area. It's over the road from a beautiful park, a Mcdonalds and around the corner from a retail park.
I'm not really sure how Luke will cope with all of these changes as it will be totally different. Rather than it being 4 of us, there will only be 2. We'll be in a strange house, in a strange neighbourhood, trying to unpack and settle in. It will be hard. And Luke will probably have more meltdowns than usual because it's all new and breaks his routine. But eventually we'll get there.

I found something on the Internet yesterday, that whilst has nothing to do with what I'm talking about now is still relevant. Kind of. In my head it works!