I was working at a high school, (my alma mater in fact) helping to tutor an autistic student.  The routine was that we would work on academics in the morning, then go to a job site in the afternoon and work on job skills. The kids would take a bus to the job site and I would take the bus with them.

One day one of the girls in the class chose to sit right next to me on the bus. There were empty seats all around me but this girl chose to sit right next to me.  She continued to sit next to me every day we rode the same bus.

About a week later: Same scerario, different girl. Empty seats all around me–in front of me, in back of me, across the aisle–but this girl chose to sit next to me.

So in other words these girls were metally handicapped and they wanted to sit next to me.

I’m not sure how to take that