If you are reading this, you are probably exhausted. You’re tired of buying adult-sized diapers (that are impossibly expensive). You’re tired of the anxiety every time you leave the house. And mostly, you’re tired of the well-meaning advice from people…
In the special needs parenting world, there is a very specific look I call “The Shaggy Dog.” It’s that phase where your son’s hair is hanging in his eyes, curling over his ears, and starting to look a little neglected.…
There is a special kind of anxiety reserved for the night before a family road trip. You aren’t worried about traffic. You aren’t worried about the hotel. You are worried about The Backseat. For a neurodivergent child, a car is…
Let’s be honest: Sometimes, I don’t want fast food. I don’t want to eat out of a paper bag in the car. I want a steak. I want a real pasta dish. I want to sit at a table with…
If you want to see a grown man cry, watch him try to put socks on a sensory-sensitive 6-year-old at 7:45 AM while the school bus is three minutes away. Before my son’s diagnosis, our mornings were a daily reenactment…