“I don’t know how you do it.”
“You’re a Super Mom!”
If you’re a special needs parent, I’m about 90 percent positive you’ve gotten one of these comments in the past.
These statements mean well, but to be honest, many days they make me feel like a fraud. Because, yeah, I’m NO super mom.…
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Nonverbal...
My son is nonverbal. Do you know what that means? Basically, it means he doesn’t speak or use words to communicate. Actually, he has a couple words. He can say his first name, car, and has a couple one syllable sounds that we now know mean water, shower, pool, outside. But beyond about 10…
Boy how times have changed! Lots are happening in the country that I can’t help thinking about my reaction and life now compared to my initial reaction during the first major shut-down. To be brutally honest, I had a kind of panic attack when they first announced our full shutdown.
A Different Type of Worry……
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” ~Angela Y Davis
Autism is a life-long neurodevelopmental disorder. That’s a fact. You’ll see things online - these amazing stories about kids who rode a horse or did some new treatment and were miraculously better. Yeah. No.…
