Tag: special education

Planning An Autism Inclusive Christmas

This year, it’s Christmas for everyone.

What followed was a wonderful hour inside of a winter wonderland.

I want him to turn heads for all the right reasons.

Though the years, I’ve gone back and forth in my answer.

He’s a ten-year-old boy first and a ten-year-old boy with autism second.

Watching it today “hit different”, as the kids say.

He didn’t need “fixing.” He needed love.

Depending on who said it, it meant different things and hit in different ways.

For those who have my child’s best interests at heart, I can’t be defensive or apprehensive. I can only be proactive.

There was a feeling of guilt, as if I did something wrong, and I didn’t want to tell anyone.

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