Tag: mental-health
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You Are Amazing!!!
If no one has told you today, I am telling you. YOU ARE AMAZING! Most of us experience judgmental eyes that look at us with disdain. They don’t see those moments that make life a challenge. They might know someone with a child with autism, but they never share in the difficulties involved. Maybe…
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The Reason I Still Fight
If I had to choose a superpower, it would not be mind-reading or the ability to fly. I wish that I could sit inside my son’s body for about 20 minutes, so that I can feel what he is feeling. Although I’d probably scream the entire time I’m in there. I feel so lost all…
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My Car Windshield May Need Counseling
A few days ago, I lost my mind. I thought it was over my son’s situation. My son has autism. He is 26 years old. For the past 6 months, he has screamed his head off at least once a day.It looks like pain to me. He has never wasted a tear on anything frivolous.…
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Our Autism Journey Began
It would be difficult to find anyone who has not at least heard the word autism. Advocacy groups have done a great job of bringing the medical term into the mainstream. It’s no longer the abstract diagnosis it once was. Most people don’t have a real grasp on understanding autism spectrum disorders but have had…