Read more about the article How do you prioritize anything when everything is a priority?
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How do you prioritize anything when everything is a priority?

As an Autism and Special Needs parent, I've found it very difficult is prioritize things. In a more typical situation, I would be able to decide what's important and what can be put in hold or brushed aside. Unfortunately, in my life, it's not that simple. Everyone in my house has very demanding needs and all of them are of equal importance, especially to the person concerned. While there are things that can always be put on hold, usually everything that's considered more everyday life kinda things, the vast majority can't. It's very difficult for me because in order to meet one person's needs, it feels like someone else's will have to go unmet and that's not okay. If one person has a 100 things that require their undivided attention,…

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January 27, 2019
Read more about the article I don’t know what we’re going to do because Emmett keeps getting sick when he eats
Autism Parenting Struggles / Emmett John / My thoughts

I don’t know what we’re going to do because Emmett keeps getting sick when he eats

This post was originally meant to publish on Friday morning. This morning was a fucking nightmare. We're trying to work with Emmett to figure out why he's not feeling well, and at the same time, keep him in school as often as possible. His grades aren't an issue but new, very strict truancy laws are. Emmett woke up this morning and wasn't feeling well. His stomach was upset again and he was unable to eat. We've known about these stomach aches for a long time and we've been treating them as though are related to stress because we've ruled other medical issues out. It turns out that Emmett is getting nauseated everytime he eats. Sometimes this also results in abdominal pain but it's not indicative of anything specific. Autism, sensory,…

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January 27, 2019
Read more about the article I’m not a quitter but I wonder how long I can keep this up
Autism Parenting Struggles / Elliott / My thoughts

I’m not a quitter but I wonder how long I can keep this up

We had a really rough night with Elliott. He's struggling a great deal emotionally and I don't know how to reach him. He's so angry, hurt and scattered but we aren't sure why because much of what he is upset about, never happened. His perception is often inaccurate and there is no convincing him that he's misunderstood or misinterpreted a situation. He feels that he's not loved or that he doesn't matter to us and I don't even know what to say. Of course he's loved and he absolutely matters. We tell him and show him that all the time but that message seems to be getting lost and that's a problem. We've spoken to his therapist at length about this. She's known us very well since before Lizze was…

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January 25, 2019
Read more about the article We’re about to be hammered by Mother Nature
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We’re about to be hammered by Mother Nature

We're currently bracing for the worst winter storm we've had in awhile. It's definitely the worst of the year because we've not had much snow at all this winter. We're supposed to be looking at up to a foot snow and blizzard conditions over the next 24 hours. I went to the store last night and made sure we had food and anything else we may need. We're making sure all our portable power banks are charged because losing power is a possibility. Losing power would be a real challenge for us for a number of reasons. We'd lose heat and that's obviously a problem. A less obvious reason is that some of our kids do not do well in the dark. It's so bad that they need the lights…

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January 19, 2019