“I’m told by professionals that one of the hardest behaviors to curb is anything to do with eating. This makes sense because my professors have said that the hardest mental illnesses to treat are eating disorders.”
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Autism Meltdown
Writing When I don’t Want To Write
“Here I present a post about what happens when I don’t want to write and ramble on forever. It’s from a couple of years ago. But this is the perfect example of what goes on in my head.”
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On The Other Side Of The Door
“Autism rages loud, all-consuming, battering at your spirit just as you batter at my door. But it batters at mine too, trying to pull us down into the abyss of this meltdown. An Autism meltdown for you, a questioning of my Motherhood meltdown for me. Am I doing this right? Do I have the skills for this? Can I really do this?”
Disappointment, Autism Explosions, And Transitions
The morning started out well. He was up, dressed and showered before 9 am. Hallelujah! That hasn’t been the case lately.
He wanted to go to the library, his favorite place. I was absolutely going to take him. But there was one small thing we had to transition to doing on his list of chores first. A little thing called clean your room. He didn’t mind the idea of cleaning his room but he minded the idea of cleaning off the top of his dresser so that we could find his Fit Bit. And pictured above is what happened. . . Read more…
A Day in the Life: Raising a Child with Autism
The alarm goes off. I just want to stay in bed. Why can’t it be Saturday yet?? Time to wake the kids up. I wake my daughter, she smiles and jumps out of bed.
My son is a different matter altogether. We will spend the next 2 hours coaxing, bribing, and sometimes physically pulling him out of bed and into the shower, as he has no intention of waking up for several hours, though he’s been in bed for 12 hours, so it’s not lack of sleep.
