Posts Tagged ‘autism adults’
I Know What It’s Like to Sit in the Dark
As a child I always felt different. I had some dolls and Barbies but I never played with them. I’d rather have them set up or put new clothes on them. But I never played with them. I remember first grade, my best friend was sick and ended up dying from a brain tumor. I cried a bit but the day I went to school I didn’t shed one tear. The rest of the class was sobbing. I couldn’t understand why some kids were crying because they didn’t even like…
Read MoreDon’t Forget About the Special Needs Adults
I’ve heard people refer to special needs kids as the “forgotten ones” during this global pandemic. They cannot do virtual school, computers don’t make sense to them. School is school and home is home. You don’t do home at school, and you definitely don’t do school at home. Toddlers with special needs desperately need the social skills and therapies in order to learn, or in some cases learn how to learn. Older students desperately need vocational and daily living skills in order to be ready to leave school. These things…
Read MoreMamas who are in the Grief Stage; it is okay
Why would you feel grief over autism? Your child is alive. They are healthy, even happy most of the time. It could be so much worse they say. I have said those words to myself as well as had others say them to me. It does little to bring you comfort in the darkest corner of your mind. All it really does is make you feel guilty and believe me we feel an insurmountable amount of guilt already. The guilt can be even worse than the grief. I could tell you…
Read MoreAutistic Kids Grow Up To Be Autistic Adults. And It Can Be Wonderful.
Before my son was diagnosed with ASD I would frantically search out stories, blogs and articles of hope. Stories where it turned out NOT to be autism. Stories where instead of autism the child was actually deaf. Or allergic to gluten. Or whatever. These stories had happy outcomes. I did this because the stories of autism-to-life scared me to no end. I wasn’t ready yet. Then he was diagnosed and even more ferociously I searched for stories were the child was cured. The child had autism and the parents started…
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