This is meant to help educate the people unfamiliar with the struggles of special needs parenting. I want to give an example of how I have dropped the ball and why it can happen. Like many other people, I very often find myself getting behind in a great many things. These things range from bills, housework, yard work and bills to emails, writing, more bills and a bit more housework. I get so stressed out over these things and no matter how hard I try,  I just can't keep my head above water. As a special needs family,  these things hit us really hard and because we are able to absorb fewer things than others, life can begin to spiral out of control. This is when I'm most likely to…

For those that missed it, I wrote an article for CNN this past April. Since I have a ton of new readers, I thought I would share it again. I wrote this for #Autism Awareness month 2012. I really hope to continue doing things like this because it reaches such a large audience and #Autism awareness is spread.   Click the CNN logo below, to visit the article.  

Elliott drew and colored this picture while at school yesterday.  Do you recognize this famous character? This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store

It's been a little while since I have been inspired to really sit down and write something with the hopes of really getting my point across. Having said that, I feel compelled to address something that I feel very strongly about. The other day I shared something I found on Fox News. It was a story about a 5 year old little boy with #Autism who was denied lunch because his parents were a few days behind on the payments (see: FOX News: School Denies Autistic Boy Lunch Over Billing Issue). I had to ask myself, how does something like this happen?  How can a grown person, look at a child and deny them food? Does this have anything to do with the child having #Autism or is this just the way we…

We will be hauling Elliott to the doctor's on Monday morning.  This time it's not for a broken tooth but instead anti anxiety medications.  Elliott is the poster child for generalized anxiety disorder and the quality of his life is significantly affected. This appointment has been a long time coming. Elliott’s anxiety is situational and rather extreme.  This means that all the stress and chaos that goes on in the house as a result of being a special needs family. We have addressed everything that can be immediately addressed but others are in a holding pattern like Gavin's placement. Elliott’s in therapy and we do whatever we can to relieve the anxiety but unfortunately,  medication is our plan B. Plan A was simply not enough to provide him with any…