Tag: special education

Making Great Memories Outside His Comfort Zone

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.

2012 was a big year for me. It was the one that changed my life.

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