Diapers and feedings can be outsourced to a nanny or a babysitter. Teaching them about the sometimes-harsh world around them is a job that only a parent should do.
A single father shares how being shaped by his nonverbal son and teenage daughter reframed what strength, love, and success really mean — Featured in HuffPost, Autism Speaks, Yahoo, The Mighty, Autism Parenting Magazine, and Jubilee.
Category: Parenting
Special Needs Aren’t Always The Most Difficult
Please don’t tell my wife and daughter, but on a day-to-day basis, my son is usually the easiest one in the house to handle.
Advice For My Daughter
I wanted to write some of them down here so I have them. And, in case I’m not around one day, she does too.
Doing What’s Right For My Child With Autism
The help you turn away today could be the exact resource they might need tomorrow.
If Your Child Can’t Say “Trick or Treat”
Just because someone doesn’t like birthday cake doesn’t mean they can’t enjoy their birthday.
The Silly Moments Are Most Important
You don’t need to spend money to make them happen. You don’t even have to leave your house.
Special Needs Aren’t A Competition
I don’t know what anyone’s life is truly like when they close the door at night. Neither do you.
You Can’t Just Spoil Them
Those items we give them and their reactions, in the moment, mean nothing. Those things are just temporary.
Everything Matters
Whether someone can respond in the traditional sense or not, it doesn’t affect the vital role that the people who love them play in their lives.
Who I Am Without My Kids
To a person with children, that sentence can actually be pretty terrifying.
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