Autism Speaks

Hello Everyone,

 Recently my brother and I went to go see Jurassic World 3D. Three times in total. He thought that he was going to take his big sister on a date and treat me (with his own, hard earned money) to the opening theatrical showing of the movie on the day he though it came out. Well, I found out that the IMAX at Opry Mills was showing it a day early so I bought tickets and I surprised him.
 I had told him that we were going to the Rainforest Cafe and I was going to treat him to dinner.  When we got there I stopped and asked him if he really knew what we were going to do at Opry Mills. He, of course, didn't. So I pointed to the IMAX and told him. He began to get really excited. He asked what time the movie started and I told him 7:00 and he immediately looked at his watch and noticed we only had 20 minutes. Oh my gosh! Even if we had a full hour he would have been pestering me with the time.

 So we get in, go order mozzeralla sticks and... wait. As we are waiting for our order my brother is counting down the minutes and reminding me when it is getting close to show time. Finally we get our order and we have exactly two minutes before the show is supposed to start. So my brother is power walking and trying to get me to hurry up. However that was never going to work.We find our seats which were as close to the front as you could get before your nose was touching the screen and we scarf down our quick snack.  Then the movie starts. For two whole hours my brother was too excited to stop talking and I had to tell him to shut up a time or two (I do not do that on a regular basis). But I realize that my brother is excited and is happy his big sister enjoys going to dinosaur movies and eating fried, fatty, totally not gluten, dairy or soy free foods and getting totally scared/thrilled at the theaters so I let him go on with his talking for the most part.

After the movie, we HAD to call our parents and give them a teaser of what was to come when my brother showed them the movie for the first time. But my brother was not done with me. I was talking to him about the two of us hanging out with my boyfriend and letting him cook for us and my brother pipes up with "Has he seen Jurassic Park 3D?" I answered no. I knew what was coming. "Well, why don't we take him?"
If I could explain the happiness that I had when my brother was completely conning me into a deal that really meant that I was going to do what he wanted in the namesake of wanting to hangout with my boyfriend, world peace would occur. But I can't. My brother certainly know how to finesse me into doing what he wants and he knows it. The fact that he is autistic has never stopped him. So we took my boyfriend to see the movie and again my brother had to lay down the scientific knowledge that he had been accumulating and was just waiting for the fuse to be lit on my boyfriend.
My boyfriend didn't flinch or shy away from my brother either. Again, if I could explain my happiness....

Skipping ahead to Father's Day, my whole family went to see the movie and we had a great time.  Now my brother is looking forward to when Jurassic World comes out on DVD so we can all partake in a Jurassic Park franchise movie marathon.

Autism has not stood in my brothers way since he was born.

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