Tag: nonverbal

My Non-Verbal Son Bruised His Own Nose, I Swear

Meltdowns are tough on parents, but far worse for people experiencing them firsthand.

I don’t know what the other kids are doing. Some are talking. Some are reading. Some might have X-Ray vision.

It’s my responsibility to take responsibility when it’s my responsibility.

It was the exact thing I needed to hear at the exact right moment.

It doesn’t mean you don’t love your child. In fact, it means the opposite.

He may be non-verbal, but that doesn’t mean he’s non-social.

No questions, when asked to by those looking to understand, are ever offensive.

With a non-verbal boy with autism, it’s not as simple as good, bad, happy, or mad. There’s a lot to process.

Loving him “because he’s mine” is just one part of the much bigger equation and dismissive of a bigger point.

If this was really Medieval Times, the dragon would have been afraid to come near us.