Why I don't mind hanging around on street corners (with my son who has autism)

I spent more than a few minutes last year hanging around on street corners... with my kids.  And mostly because of our son David, who has autism and a wonderful thing he's started to do.. on street corners.

Without an ASD diagnosis, we would not

It appears we are some of the lucky ones. Our boys were both diagnosed with ASD by the time they were four years old and they both received appropriate support from services, organisations and in their different school settings.

Hyper-what else?

Anthony has been tip-toe walking for as long as I can remember.  Whether it's running, jumping, climbing or walking, and whether it's at school, home or in the garden, Anthony does it on his toes.  We buy the toughest school boots available.  He bends them all and goes through the ball of them by the end of each term.  Anthony is very sensory seeking and it's long been thought that he enjoys the feeling of pressure this puts on his feet.  In the summer we took him to a trial trampolining class and noticed he wasn't able to point his toes up when they were stretching - in fact it didn't look like he could do it at all.