“They described a 3-year-old boy, nonverbal, tantrums; the list was long, but we felt called to say ‘yes.’ We decided to do everything we could for this child. Time was NOT on our side.”
‘The phone call felt like a punch in the stomach. He’d become part of the family.’: Foster mom starts nonprofit to help families through ‘the cycle of love and heartbreak’
‘Off to the edge of the playground, I saw him. A dad walking closely behind his son, never allowing him to get more than a few feet away.’: Mom shares kind reminder for special needs dad
“I saw the son, his mannerisms – the way he walked on his toes, flapped his hands and stimmed. I knew instantly he had autism. He had mannerisms similar to my Gabe. I made my way over to him.”
‘Why can’t you just LISTEN?’ His type is known as ‘brat.’: Mom of Autistic twins discusses ‘comparing,’ ‘Each boy is different, yet one and the same’
“I let a friend try to teach me how to discipline Jack. The entirety of it shook me to my core as I watched how it broke him at just 4 years old.”
‘I heard loud honking and a gruff, ‘COME ON!’ He refused to make eye contact with me.’: Mom to children with autism shares upsetting bus stop moment
“I yelled how proud I was so they could hear me through the window and made ‘I love you’ in sign language. I didn’t need him to get in trouble. I needed him to simply UNDERSTAND.”
‘I worry what other people think when they see it.’: Mom says ‘from our messy home to yours, you are ENOUGH’
“There’s ONE precious life to live, during which you do your best every day, and that’s ENOUGH.”
‘The officer said, ‘There’s been an incident at the finish line.’ Over my shoulder, I saw flashing lights.’: Dad to twins with severe nonverbal autism details surviving Boston Marathon bombing
“Billowing smoke, people bleeding and screaming, clothes in tatters. Rumors were beginning to ripple through the crowd about an explosion. Maybe more than one. As the father of twin sons with severe, nonverbal autism, I’ve had many difficult days. But nothing matches this.”
‘My son came to me very upset and said, ‘I do not have a single friend.’: Special needs mom details unseen struggles of parenting a child with autism
“He can’t meet friends at school because he doesn’t go to school. Because traditional school failed him. So, I posted a Wanted: Friends ad on a local mommy group.”
‘Every single day is a back and forth of finding the joy and grieving the life you thought your child would have.’: Woman pens letter for ‘the struggling autism mama’
“You will fight, and you will fail, but you will learn a love that can only be felt and not explained. You will find a strength and grit you never knew was in you.”
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“It does not mean our child is dying.”
‘I’ve NEVER regretted following my mama gut. I fight for him when others give up.’: Mom to Autistic son says ‘it’s a privilege to be a voice for him’
“If I didn’t advocate for him, we wouldn’t be where we are today.”
