Making the holidays work with for your autistic child can be quite a daunting task. Tough choices have to made and explained repeatedly to many people. If you allow too many activities and events to take over then you end up with meltdowns as well as sensory overload. That’s just
A few years ago, I wore blue because a Facebook friend asked people to wear blue and take a picture for her to show her son. Guess what? I forgot to take a picture! So much for autism awareness! Did I not care about autism anymore? Hardly. I’m just too
Dear doctor who discarded my autistic son, Remember us? I was the frazzled young mom who waited 2 hours to see you that afternoon. I had only slept for an hour and a half the previous night as that’s all my autistic child would sleep on any given night. I