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Category Archives: Autism

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a much better day

Yesterday, I was at my wits end with David. Today, hasn’t been perfect, but it has been much better in that there isn’t as much stress. Now if I could just get the kids to do their chores… What is the secret?  I feel like I have been cleaning the same spot all day and not getting anywhere.  Very frustrating. David ate 3/4’s of a package of string cheese and drank 2 quarts of Sunny D this morning.  No wonder he hasn’t been hungry all day.   Tweet #fighting4answrs

Tags: autism, chores, cleaning, relax, Stress ·

Autism Awareness: Moving Beyond Awareness Into Action and Promise

Autism Awareness Month Almost Over, Now What? I have this idea. It goes something like this: we participate in an awareness campaign (like this one for Autism Awareness) and it gives us a sense of purpose, a sense of healing, and even, maybe, a sense of achievement — we did something. There’s something inherent in any kind of cause marketing (just another fancy name for trying to convince you to care about a cause instead of a product) that is almost counterproductive to the purpose and potential it represents. Inaction. There. I said it. The sad fact of the matter is, that the end of this month will come and go, and our lives will be very much the same. For being a family mired in the ‘having of autism’ we won’t suddenly be miraculously understood by that clerk at the store, and we will still feel isolated and alone

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Tags: autism, autism awareness, awareness ·

calming effects…

I am calm now.  Not so much earlier tonight.  most days are good.  but then you have days with a child like ours where everything seems to be working against both you and him.  what do you do on those days? I have to remember my health.  I have to remember that my other kids don’t deserve to hear me being upset all of the time with thei rbrother.  They deserve better. I wonder how much of this could be mitigated if he could only go to school for one hour a day…  they won’t let him have even one hour a day. Tweet #fighting4answrs

Tags: attitude, calm, strength, weakness ·

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