This is a tough topic. It seems simple enough, but believe it or not, I struggle with this daily. It might be the phase we are in, as my kids are still so young (under 5), or just that the evaluations of all the things my kids can't do is still so fresh in my brain. Autism is essentially diagnosed by all the things your kids are incapable of. Check marks of yes's or no's, and delay scores ranging from mild to severe. Both of my boys have landed every evaluation in "Severe De

We don't want to compare. But our brains just do so naturally. You'd think it would get easier with time. But it doesn't

Hearing the word autism thrown into a conversation describing your child, was not on your bingo card this year. It wasn't ever on mine either. You just sat through the most unusual 30 minute evaluation of your life, where they scored your child on all the things they couldn't do. You're feeling so foreign in your own body, and you can feel a subtle rage building. You will stay polite and respectful, but you will silently burn. Remember this energy, it's going to be importan

Listen, us Autism Moms are really struggling. Any little bit of help that we can get, we will take. Promise to make our day easier? SOLD