#everyone gets validation

[peterpuntastic]

be careful who you overshare to—esp if they’re blood-related

[myshitliveshere]

this made my day

It was actually two years ago, but today I remembered when I volunteered at a special needs pre-school for a semester. One of the four year olds in my classroom, like many, was autistic. He was middle eastern unlike his other classmates and was starting some kind of muslim school (i’m sorry, I don’t know the proper name) at the same time as this special needs preschool.

Our class started to learn the ABCs that year. While learning the english alphabet, the teacher stopped this boy’s parents one day and asked if they could give her a copy of the arabic alphabet. The teacher wanted to learn it, so the boy (whose autism has come with learning hurdles) will not get confused while learning both alphabets at the same time. It was the sweetest gesture to me and the parents were so impressed that an older, white lady wanted to learn arabic. They promised to bring a copy and help the teacher learn the proper sounds. To this day, I remember it and it makes my day happy.