After last week’s incident, we’ve been working on rebuilding trust.  School can be a tricky place for our Autistic children to navigate.  There’s a lot of stimuli, and human behavior is oftentimes unpredictable.  Something that Jacob has come to rely on is these lines.  For him, these lines provide a roadmap and something to focus […]

I realize now that I won’t always be able to protect my Autistic son.  We arrived at Jacob’s school as usual. Jakes has this thing where he absolutely has to follow these set of lines on the floor. To him, they’re arrows that he relies on…. A sort of roadmap that leads him and directs […]

Maybe you’re raising a wild one… and you have no idea how to parent him/her. As parents, oftentimes, we feel the need to take the rein. To direct and lead versus learning to trust and guide.

When our daughter shared with us that she was being bullied at school, we were ill-equipped to handle it. We asked her how long it’s been going on, and she informed us that it started at the beginning of the school year (we found out three months before the end of the school year).

Own your power. You’re your child’s home-team and school team leader, embrace that role. Gratitude and a positive attitude can go a long way.

I’m writing you this letter to let you know just how amazing you are. You’ve traded in your supermom cape for the warrior mom cape.

We don’t have a clear developmental model for our kids, who often times are still toilet training into adulthood. Who sometimes aren’t able to speak, and even then it may be gibberish that comes out. The blending of seasons is frustrating– when you see your other children outpace your autistic child.