I can’t tell you how many times I have been accused of spoiling my child with special needs, both online and in person. My baby was four weeks old. He hadn’t slept for more than a 45 minute stretch in his short lifetime. I was bleary eyed, depressed, and terrified. I knew, deep down inside,…
Too often, motherhood feels like it is just too much. I asked the question I vigilantly try to avoid last night. Almost against my will, I found myself asking the same thing, over and over again to myself, all night long. Why? My sixteen year old son lost one of his closest friends, and her…
When my son was first diagnosed with dyslexia, we had very little to go on. I knew the usual curriculum options were not working. We had tried everything and then tried it again, but nothing really seemed to work. Moreover, my son was becoming increasingly frustrated and resistant. I asked the therapist completing the evaluation…
Helping Your Child With Language-Based Learning Disabilities is one of the best books I have ever read as a mom of children with differences. I am excited to share it with you today! My youngest son was only seven years old, the first time he went through a comprehensive neuro-psychiatric evaluation. Two days of almost…
Scary blood test results. My ten year old son in a hospital bed, crying to go home. Signing off on expensive treatments that may or may not be covered by our insurance. Staying in a hotel room, alone, the rest of my family miles away and struggling to do life without me. It was one…
My son was diagnosed with autism more than seven years ago. So much has changed. So much has stayed the same. This is what has surprised me most. I have been thinking a lot lately, about the day we received my son’s autism diagnosis. The anniversary is August 1st. I don’t celebrate the date. I…
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