Thicker Skin

I guess I am going to have to develop thicker skin when it comes to this autism thing. Yesterday we went to the grocery store. There was an older lady in front of us who had a crapload of groceries. She was by herself and there were no baggers. Not a single solitary one, that I saw anyway. After Tom got our groceries on the conveyer belt I decided to go help the lady. I figured she could use the help and I would make our trip faster. Now there was also a man behind us in the line. Logan does not do well in tight, confined spaces. The lady was still in front of us. Tom tells me about this little incident last night after he gets to work. Well, I help the cashier finish bagging the lady's groceries. Then she says she wants a bag of ice. I walk away to get it and Tom says Logan dropped to the floor and started having a meltdown. Not super loud crying but still enough to be heard!! While I walked away to get the ice, the guy behind us looks at Tom and said, "Can you get him to stop?" I don't know the tone or anything the guy used because I didn't hear it. All Tom could do was give the guy a look because Zach was standing beside him. He said Zach must have realized he was upset because he reached around him and hugged. What a sweetie pie!! My initial reaction was, " That guy better be glad I wasn't standing there when he said that"! But I got to thinking someone may think he was hurt. But it still pisses me off because usually when he has a meltdown like I just have to roll with it. And then people look at you like, "Why can't you control your kid!" I want to tell them, "Whatever, don't even start to judge me or my parenting skills!!!!" Sorry to get on the soapbox but I could not help it. I know there are lots of people who don't know anything about autism. To everyone who falls in that category, please do us a favor and learn about it. God bless to all.