Category: Family
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Hugs are sparse. Hugs are a gift.
Both our girls have autism. Each expresses their love differently. Jeanne does not like a lot of physical touch unless she initiates it. I give Jeanne a lot of high fives, arm pats, backrubs, quick touches. Jeanne will occasionally cuddle in my legs if she is exhausted. She prefers if we sit next to her.…
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Seasons, honeymoon, exhaustion.
Special Education services and relationships pause when summer starts. So we enrolled Jeanne in a brand new Autism ABA therapy school. They call it “the honeymoon phase” when a child is on their best behavior in a new environment with one-on-one time with adults. The end of school is exhausting and then you pile on…
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Working toward change even when change is scary.
Maeve’s last day with the Autism and Behavior Center was planned and yet I was a mess. Jeanne also graduated from ABC last summer and I was a mess then too! We never lose our team of psychologists, super therapists, doctors, and caregivers, but I just wish we could be keep everyone we care for…
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When my kids are triggered, I’m triggered. My struggle for calm.
Juggling five family member’s schedules, needs, wants, emotions, food preferences, clothing preferences, therapy schedules, doctor visits, illnesses… it’s too much. I struggle to separate behaviors from my child when I am triggered. The more often and more heavily I am triggered, or stuck in a funk, the faster I am to lose perspective. My goal…
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