User:Elownby1/sandbox

Every Tuesday and Thursday I participate in a group called kids club and we go to local places in Tuscaloosa and play with kids and do bible stories. This past Tuesday I became friends with a boy that was about eleven years old. As we began to play and I began to watch how he interacted with the other kids I noticed that he was not the same as the other children. He was socially awkward and had trouble making friends with the kids, but he felt comfortable talking to us college students. One of my friends and I were talking and we think that he has a for of high functioning autism. Interacting with him was hard at times because he would become angry and time but then once we called him down he would be back to normal. I had to focus on my words and action more than usual and try to stimulate conversation that was positive for him such as playing video games and not talking about homework. He was striving to find acceptance in others, and the kids just thought he was annoying and weird. However, once we established a relationship he felt safe and we played the rest of the day.