The Moment No One Talks About in Special Needs Parenting

Remember that time The Today Show created and shared a video about me? I sure do. My world was turned upside down.

When all was said and done the video was viewed nearly 20 million times between two different Today sites. Thousands and thousands of comments and reactions. Mostly positive. Some negative. Which is to be expected I guess when you are reaching that volume of people. So many encouraging and positive messages though.

I’m still shocked and surprised about the backlash. I’ve decided to be more private with my life. I’ve spoke to my boys schools about security. I’m still scared to share. I hold my breath when I read every comment. It’s different now. And I hope it goes back to being fun.

Anyhow, my mission has not changed. Create a place where families of severely autistic children can talk about the unique worries, joys, and struggles that we face. I won’t vary from that.

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Kate Swenson, creator of “Finding Cooper’s Voice” about parenting a child with autism, shares an emotional and raw vlog describing the moment her vision for her son’s future shifted dramatically. “I know that his joy should be enough,” she says. “It is a lot of the time, it really is. But last night I lay in bed and I thought about his funeral. What if no one goes?”

This article and video originally appeared on Today.com.

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