I agree this is a thread to be cherished.
I will have a good read through everything again later.
So many memories with Joshua , who was diagnosed Autistic in 2001.
We had I think 3 holidays with him in Florida before we knew this and around 4 since.
Disney is a special place and Josh always enjoys himself, especially at Magic Kingdom.
Don't want to move away from the 'Disney Magic' theme, but if I had to pick one moment it would be the first time Joshua ever danced to anything.
Was actually inside the Barney playground at Universal Studios, they had a TV on showing one of the shows, he just started dancing to a song being played.
Thankfully I got the whole thing recorded on camcorder, including my wife's tears.
The one thing we do find continually touching is watching some of the earlier tape recordings of holiday's before his diagnosis, to be honest we rarely view them as we do find it a bit upsetting - especially as in those early years he didn't show any autism signs and was actually trying to talk.
We now have to accept the fact he probably never will, so there is a kind of mixed feeling in seeing him so happy.
He always smiles when we enter Walt Disney World, and over the years MK has become his favourite.