“Here are my top tips for feeding kids reliant on the same foods.”
7 Feeding Tips For Your Autistic Child With Sensory Aversions
I No Longer Want Autism Awareness And Acceptance (I Want More)
“You can have knowledge of autism and do absolutely nothing about it. You can accept that autism exists without ever having to embrace it.”
‘Why is he being weird?’ ‘He doesn’t play with me.’ ‘Why won’t he talk to me?’: Mom to son with autism pleas ‘teach your children about kids who are different’
“It’s popular right now to ‘raise kind humans’ and to be inclusive— but true inclusivity means learning about people who are different from us and letting it change the way we live.”
‘To be answered and understood is all he wants.’: Mom shares sweet story of employee willing to understand special needs son
“With kindness from others, my little boy can do whatever he sets his mind to.”
‘She met all her regular milestones, but her speech didn’t develop.’: Mom of 3 recounts daughter’s autism, rare Microdeletion Syndrome diagnosis
“The initial realization was a sharp kick in the guts that took my breath away. It felt like living in a parallel universe at times. I often had to switch from being an isolated, struggling mother trying to navigate this foreign special needs world to participate in ‘normal’ life with Isla’s sisters.”
‘This is who they are supposed to be.’: Mom opens up about accepting her 3 kids’ autism diagnoses
“For a long time, I blamed myself. The signs were right in front of me, I was just oblivious.”
‘Never hearing her call me ‘Mommy’ is something I will never be able to completely accept.’: Mom opens up on caring for daughter with chromosome duplication, special needs
“Sleeping in hospital chairs, riding with our child in the back of an ambulance, learning to understand a non-verbal child…we wouldn’t change it for anything.”
‘For parents like me, the season of being waist-deep in caring for our child won’t end. The weeds are where we live.’: Special needs mom says ‘I know I’m not alone’
“I read an article by a mom of young kids. Her life revolved around them. She reminded her friends she was ‘in the weeds,’ but it won’t last forever. For parents like me, the weeds are where we live.”
‘He gets to school DESPITE having crippling anxiety about it, but I see his misery when he isn’t the star of the week.’: Mom of son with ‘hidden disabilities’ urges need for support and acceptance
“I watch as he screams and shouts and trashes his room because he can’t understand why nobody wants to invite him for a play date. He is more than ENOUGH, he’s just around the wrong people to see it.”
‘When we got our mobility van, I felt intense gratitude, but also overwhelming anxiety. Every day is a painful paradox.’: Special needs mom shares dealing with complex emotions
“When my boys got their first powerchairs, I felt immense joy as they sped around the cul-de-sac racing together, but I also felt like someone had punched me in the stomach. How did we get here so fast?”