Kids on the Autism Spectrum are creatures of habit that typically don't do well with change. My kids are no exception.  When it comes to starting back at school, I've found that if we begin practicing our back to school routine a head of time, it sorta smooths out the transition a little bit. My kids go back to school on September 1st and so I've begun practicing bedtimes and wake up times with the boys.     I've set their bedtime for 9pm and wake up time for 7:15am.  My goal is to give them a little bit of time to adjust to everything before they have no choice.   I'm getting excited because in about two weeks, I'll finally be somewhat of a break during the day. I'll still…

With my kids returning to school on September 1st, there are a few things that I'm looking forward to. Honestly, I'll miss them but to say that I desperately need a break would be a gross understatement.  This has been my very first summer as a full time single parent and it's been a lot of things but easy hasn't been one of them. I've struggled in many areas but one of the toughest has been my battle with depression. This has been an on again off again battle since I was a teenager but I was doing pretty well. Unfortunately, divorce can put people into a tailspin and I'm no exception.  Nothing went as I had planned this summer and we basically just survived. Truth be told, that in-and-of-itself is…