You have about 60,000 thoughts a day. I’ve worked with hundreds of parents with children on the spectrum and most of those thoughts are negative. For example, I’ve heard: ”My child won’t ever be potty trained so as the result, I’ll be cleaning up poop for the rest of my life” “I won’t hear my son …
Are You Entitled? Entitlement It’s this absolute bullshit mentality of many parents of children with Autism…and I’m guilty of it too. We’ve endured rude comments of strangers and the blatant stares of their children. We feel entitled to be assholes because we were dealt a shit hand. We didn’t have to give because we have to …
From a Potty Shit Show to a Potty Guru! Back then when I was potty training my daughter, I was indeed OUT OF MY MIND. She was non-verbal on the Autism spectrum and in preschool at the time. One day I saw a kid in her preschool that was potty trained. That triggered me to say… I NEED …
Hello Warrior Parents! “I’m losing my daughter.” This was a thought I had repeatedly around Julianna’s 16-month mark. And if you’re anything like me, you’ve seen regression with your child. In other words, it was your child hitting milestones, saying words, maybe even pointing, and making great eye contact. However, all of a sudden it just stopped. It went …
“I bet she doesn’t even have a child with Autism.” “You should be ashamed of yourself for charging for services, you should do this for free if you really want to help children and parents as you claim.” “Yea sure pay me and I’ll help your child. You can’t help THIS.” “I’m unsubscribing. Shame on …
Things You Can Expect in The Growth & Development of Your Autistic Child Today, I want to talk to you about what you can expect in the growth and development of your Autistic Child. If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that my daughter went from being a nonverbal 2-year-old to sign …
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Take Care of You! 5 Tips for the Autism Mom SELF-CARE is a buzzword that has grown in relevance nowadays. Simply put, it is any activity that we do to take care of our health and wellbeing. When I say health, I don’t just mean the physical side, but more importantly, your mental and emotional …
THIS!!! BEWARE of the White Flaggers! I’m going in on this right now because a comment like this is one that REALLY makes my blood boil. This was commented by a mother to me on one of my recent Facebook posts and I thank this woman for the inspiration for today’s Blog Post! I can’t …
WARNING! This blog WILL trigger you. So if I haven’t bragged this out to you already, my daughter is on the swim team. And something happened that will trigger you. She’s an AMAZING swimmer. Normally her RBT will attend practice with me, and can work with Julianna afterwards on any behaviors that pop up. Now …
The one POWER all Mommies have but hardly use… So today I want to talk about your GUT. Not your belly, your love handles, or your intestines, I’m not talking about a body part but a POWER that every Mommy has and that’s your Mommy Gut!I remember a time when we were assigned a new BCBA …