(Inside: When you’re autistic, making friends can be incredibly difficult. Especially when you’re in that tricky spot of bridging the gap between acquaintance and friendship… You see her each week at work, school, church or a group, but how do you truly become friends?) When you know someone from a specific activity, whether it’s work, church, […]
(Inside: Yes I Will Say That My Son is Autistic, and Other Unpopular Autism Opinions from an Autistic Mom of an Autistic Child. Understand the importance of identity language, why being an autism mom doesn’t make me a super hero, what therapies to avoid and more!) My son A-Man is autistic. Notice, I didn’t say that […]
Before we learned about A-Man’s autism, I will fully admit there was a LOT I didn’t know about autism… I actually didn’t want my son to get diagnosed because I felt like that would lead to his therapy team and his doctors giving up on him. But as I learned more about autism, my son, […]
(What is autism really? I’m told often that autism is anxiety, gastrointestinal issues, or even seizures… But the fact is, those are all comorbid disorders… With this guide to comorbid disorders, we’ll get to the bottom of what autism really is, and (more importantly) what it’s not…) When I reach out to parents about embracing […]
I’m a mom of five kiddos, and that means we go through a LOT of curriculum… When you add on the fact that the oldest is already 2 grades ahead and could do an entire year’s worth in 4-5 months if we let him, curriculum buying season is year-round for us. And as you can […]
Now that it’s summer, for most homeschooling moms that means it’s PLANNING TIME! Sometimes it can be super overwhelming figuring out what you’d like to focus on when your time is finally not filled with lesson plans and the choas of homeschooling, so a few of my favorite homeschool bloggers and I have pulled together […]
