Tag: non-verbal child

Parenting, Patience, and Autism

There are some days when I am in awe of his nerve.

He’ll get it. I know he will. He’s done it before. He’ll do it again.

It’s our favorite trip. Other people might not get it, but we do.

What do you do, after that entire expensive day of magic, when they scream out “shut your mouth” in a crowded Macaroni Grill?

Autism doesn’t make my son the best boy in the world. The fact that he’s mine makes him the best boy in the world.

When it comes to meetings like this, it’s about helping my child. I’m here for him.

I don’t want to live my life angry and, just because I have kids, it doesn’t mean I have to.

Yeah. He’s not gonna look. You can just take it.

I’m ready for anything. I’m not excited about it. I’m not looking to have long talks about it. But I am prepared for it.

The scariest part was never about what he would or wouldn’t do.