by | Jul 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
She was just six months old. That’s when I got the first inkling that my experience as a mom wasn’t going to go exactly as planned. The milestones were being missed that early. Back then it was just the gross motor stuff: rolling over, lifting her head,...
by | Jul 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Are the summer bugs insane this year by you? In the beginning of the summer they were all over me. I hate mosquitos and the itchies they bring. There are these weird, angry bugs that kind of attack us as we walk from our front door to the car. I have been trying to...
by | Jul 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
There have been studies reporting that parents raising children with Autism experience stress akin to combat soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This makes total sense to me. That’s a pretty accurate way to describe how I feel all the time. The...
by | Jul 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
For the second time in a week, someone has said to me: “I know it’s not the same, but…” and then they go on to describe how their child has something going on that’s causing some kind of stress in the life of the family. When I can get...
by | Jul 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
It all started the day before the last day of school. The parents in my daughter’s ASD class received an email from the teacher that the three special education classes in the school (2 ASD, 1 multiple impairment) were printed incorrectly. Basically, the pages...
