Trains are familiar to me as a hobby, and kids with various
disorders professionally. I'd like to pick up briefly on an earlier
thread: occasionally I've met boys with Asperger's who were crazy
about trains and who have been able to absolutely astonish me with
their knowledge of this one subject, easily surpassing my own
knowledge at their age, although I was a serious train nut.
I'll never forget being knocked speechless long ago, when I had my
attitude adjusted forever by an autistic boy who told me, "I'm
autistic, not stupid." Aside from anything else it was a moment
that contributed to altering my career path.
We are just beginning to understand these perplexing conditions in a
new and hopeful light. As a previous writer has shown us, our
trains can be a powerful tool to reaching and healing troubled kids,
and the satisfaction we can obtain from sharing our beloved hobby
with youngsters is priceless.
A modular club in Texas routinely hand their controls over to
youngsters viewing their setup at train shows. The reason? The
enormous kick the old guys get out of sharing the world's greatest
hobby with enthusiastic kids, natch!
Best wishes,
-John Le Forestier, Toronto
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