Sometimes he will need very loud hands indeed

• a mother talking about her son: "He isn't taught "quiet hands" as I am sure there will be times in his life when he will need very loud hands...."
• me: I just think it's beautiful
• Zoe: I really like that
• That is real empathy to me
• me: yes
• and the idea of
• of very loud hands
• is doing things to my brain
• Zoe: good things?
• me: good things, yes
• along with which readers got the "I am autism" reference in my essay and which didn't
• and what it means to be able to forget that
• and then to tell me that I should, too
• and the larger implications
• "mom and dad love you"
• doing the best they can
• etc
• and something amanda said about how a parent can always take a break
• but not the kid
• not the disabled person, we never get breaks
• and what that means
• and it means that sometimes you need very loud hands
• (so they teach you to have quiet ones instead)