Chicken On The Bone

Autistic kids have a very picky palate.  Some experts say that its the texture of the food they either like or dislike.  I don't know why they have the preferences they do but it is an unmistakable fact.  Autistic kids and autistic adults, are PICKY!!!


My first case study: Chicken. 
Austin loves chicken.  Now don't get me wrong.  He doesn't like the healthy, no skin, grilled, piece of chicken breast.  Oh no, he is a lover of all things nugget-tized.  He loves chicken nuggets, chicken fingers, and chicken strips. 
Austin also loves fried chicken.  Now you might be wondering if all you ever eat is chicken how do you differentiate between a chicken nugget and fried chicken.  Well, Austin has an answer for that.  If he wants chicken nuggets he will say "chicken nuggets please", if he wants chicken strips he says "how bout chicken strips"  but say he wants fried chicken?  Well the answer to that is, of coarse, "chicken on the bone".

When we are in Las Vegas we live in our home.  When we are in Lovelock, northern Nevada, we live on property.  In Nevada speak that means we live at the hotel/casino, or the property, that Drew is the General Manager of.  Its like the Disney show "The Suite Life of Zach and Cody."
Except not like that at all!  I like to call our living situation "The Redneck Life of Andrew and Austin". Our apartment, which is part of the hotel, has a kitchen but who in their right mind wants to cook when you can eat at a restaurant.  And that brings me back to "chicken on the bone".


When we first got here we would go eat dinner at the restaurant.  Whenever we eat out I like Austin to give his order to the waitress or waiter or the person at the cash register.  So it was no different the first time we ordered our dinner here.  The waitress asked Austin what he would like for dinner and he said "chicken on the bone please".  This was immediately followed up with a totally confused look on her face and by me quickly saying "he would like a fried chicken dinner".  The funny part of this story is that now that we have been here for two years this is how the dinner order goes.


The waitress says "Hi Austin! What do you want for dinner tonight? Chicken strips or chicken on the bone?"