Within improvisational theater, “yes, and” is the basic rule: you accept what is, and you build on it. For parents and caregivers of an autistic child, that sometimes feels easier said than done. In this column, Saskia shares moments from practice – small and large – about letting go, moving with it, and what then suddenly turns out to be possible.
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Continue reading >>: Raising a child with autism is like mountain climbing: remember to enjoy the view.Years ago, when I learned that my youngest son Aidan has autism, I – like so many of my generation – immediately thought of Rain Man, the famous Hollywood classic from the 1980s in which Dustin Hoffman plays an autistic man who, although genius at mental arithmetic, is at the…