A Day in the life of a child with Autism

I am very new to this blogging thing so bare with me for a while till i get use to this. I decided to do a blog about me and my family mostly about my son Weston 7 years old, who has Autism. I also have a daughter who is 3,Victoria. I wanted to start this blog really for myself, to help me get some things out and to let others know a day in the life of a child with Autism is anything but easy. Today we had to do some things that we usually do not do and that is not easy for Weston, we had to make a stop at the bank and then go to the county to fill out some paperwork. Weston did well in the car ( he usually does) until i made an unexpected turn to go to the county, then it was repeated over and over again "go home, not this way" I still try and explain to him just a few min one stop here then home, sometimes it works but not today. Walking threw the doors the people inside are greeted with a loud scream of "go home, not this way". I keep walking holding his hand and my 3 year old, as everyone stares, again. I try to talk to the front desk as fast as i can because if i take my eyes off him for one min. he tries to leave the building, still yelling "go home" I get some dirty looks from the others sitting inside waiting, but i am very much use to this it is nothing new to me. Now we have to wait and talk to someone, and this feels like forever, my son is walking from me to the door repeating "go home, not this way" "I wanna go home" sometimes he screams it and sometimes he whispers it. I try to help as much as i can telling hims first we sit and talk then we go home, this is not good enough for him. Remind you EVERYONE is looking at him, and me. I don't know why people must stare, but it is not nice and i remember my family telling me when i was little that "It is not nice to stare". We get threw this as we do everything but we still need to stop at the bank, don't need to go in just the drive Thu so before we leave the county i get a root beer for Weston and Victoria and things are better, and the bank drive is not so bad. We get home and Weston is very happy to be home and play his video games. That was our morning not so bad today could have been worse, we get home he gets his games and soon it will be time to make out daily trip to the store, we walk. Weston loves to walk to the store, he gets a sucker while we are there, today he wanted a video game but we did not have money for a video game, he does not understand this. So as we walk he repeats "i want video game" I say no not to today but he don't care, we go to check out and now his temper tantrum starts, screaming, yelling, throwing himself on the ground kicking me and hitting me this lasts for about 5 min. i get him calmed down by telling him he can get candy from the machine outside, so that is good. No one at the this store at this time of day "Stares" at me and him only because we have been going their for two years. The rest of the day is pretty easy with him, but it is only 5pm right now so we will see, it is bath night today and that is not always easy. Both of my children are great kids and very happy, I love them to death and would do anything for them. Some days are easier then other and today was a good day.