So I’m hoping you’ll forgive me for cheating a bit on this post. Technically speaking it doesn’t start with x, but close enough right? When your child is autistic, you can spend a lot of time explaining autism to everyone. Your friends and family, teachers, children, and basically every stranger in the grocery store. Sometimes I […]
When you think of an autistic child do you think about the kid that’s labeled the weird kid in class? Someone who struggles to make eye contact, fidgets a lot, and doesn’t have many friends? Or do you picture a child that is severely disabled, non-verbal, and requires supports for everyday activities? Chances are that […]
I’ve been spending all month trying to work up the bravery to post this and put it out in public. There is so much controversy surrounding this topic, and I feel like I need to put my thoughts out there. I’m not a doctor, I’m not a scientist, I’m just a mom. A mom of […]
We’ve already covered the eating struggles that many autistic children face, but there is a lot more to the sensory struggles that many autistic people face every day. You might think that autism and sensory processing disorder, or SPD, are one in the same, but they’re actually very different. Many autistic people also have sensory […]
My son A-Man has never been a great sleeper. We originally just thought that he just hated sleep, but when we learned about his sensory struggles and his autism, we realized that there was a lot more going on with his sleep struggles than we thought. He struggles to relax enough to fall asleep, and […]
Q is a surprisingly difficult letter to find a post topic for, so I decided we’d keep this post pretty simple. We’re sharing quotes about autism. These are some of my favorite quotes from autistic self advocates and other people about the truths of autism. I hope that you learn as much from these quotes […]
