The Did You Knows of #Autism: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Here's a little bite sized morsel of Autism Awareness. It's easy to understand and ready to share with the world. ☺
Here's a little bite sized morsel of Autism Awareness. It's easy to understand and ready to share with the world. ☺
I'm writing tonight to share something cool that happened today. Gavin's huge into My Little Pony and they characters play a big role in his Schizophrenic hallucinations. Aside from Sonic, they actually play the largest role on his team of super best friends. For the last few months, he's been so excited about the new My Little Pony Movie that was just released in theaters. Every time he meets someone, he shares how excited he is about seeing it. This afternoon, Lizze's Mom picked Gavin up and took him to see it. I guess it was just her, Gavin and some other dude in the entire theater. Gavin ended up spending the rest of the day with his Grandma. When he came home, he was so excited to tell us…
The butterflies of Fall at the Canton Garden Center I love taking pictures and one of my favorite things to take pictures if nature. It's an amazing feeling to be able to not only witness the beauty first hand, but also capture it to share with others. I'll be sad to see the warm weather go but I'll find others sources of inspiration..
With the amount of stress that we face as Autism parents, it's incredibly important that we retain a sense of humor about life. The purpose of my You Might be an Autism parent if posts is to find some humor in an otherwise overwhelming and frustrating situation. Please feel free to share this post of the image itself.
Seeing the ocean for the very first time in their young lives. Unbelievable experience. I wanted to share the picture I took as the boys touched the ocean for the very first time ever. :-) So grateful to Wishes Can Happen for making this happen. :-)
Sitting around waiting to be seen by Dr. Pattie Family therapy is something that my family has benefited from for a very, very long time. It's something that can benefit any family, especially those dealing with things like Autism because the stress involved is so incredibly high.
Sometimes it's the little victories that are most powerful Mr. Emmett had been struggling with sleeping in his own bed lately. He tries but often either gets scared or can't get comfortable. Much of this is sensory related and very difficult to work through. This oftentimes means that Mommy and Daddy don't sleep well, if at all. Sometimes it seems like we make progress and other times it seems like we're getting run over. I sorta feel like when your child is diagnosed with Autism, you should get a Autism Awareness coffee mug, and a lifetime supply of decent coffee. 😊 Two nights in a row now, Emmett has fallen asleep in his own bed and is still there when Lizze and I got to bed. It's not perfect but…
I hate to even think this, let alone verbalize it but as time goes on, Emmett's struggle with all things Autism seems to be getting worse. Everything sensory related is so much worse than it's ever been before. His threshold for dealing or coping with these things is almost nonexistent on some days. This is very frustrating for everyone because it means that so many things are more challenging than ever before. I should probably clarify that it's the symptoms of Autism that are worsening. Unless you're dealing with CDD, Autism itself doesn't usually get worse. The symptoms, on the other hand, can, especially when a child is under stress or duress. We are working with Dr. Pattie to help Emmett better navigate his world. This is a major challenge…