Perception: One reason why being an #Autism parent is so hard  

I mentioned earlier that I've been struggling with Gavin today. Just so we're perfectly clear, he's not being a problem like he used to. He's simply being Gavin and that's exhausting for those around him, including myself.  Gavin is absolutely struggling in his daily life. He doesn't necessarily see it as struggling because he doesn't really possess that higher level of self awareness anymore.   Here's what kind of things are frustrating me now.  Last night, Gavin finished up his infusion and removed the needles from his stomach. He always has some tissue on hand in case there's any leakage or bleeding.   He removes the needles and I hear him freaking out about how badly the one infusion site was bleeding but he seemed to have addressed it himself…

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