10 Things my Autistic kids wished you knew

Written by me, Rob Gorski and dedicated to my amazingly beautiful children.  1. I’m sorry I have meltdowns but I’m not a spoiled brat. I’m just so much younger on the inside than I am on the outside. 2. I’m easily overwhelmed because I see and hear everything. I hear the lights hum and clock tick. Everything is so loud it makes my head hurt all the time and my eyes hurt from all the bright lights.   3. I’m not stupid, I’m actually very smart. I just don’t learn the way you want me to. Please learn about Autism so you know how to help me better understand what you are trying to teach. 4. Please don’t be mad at mommy and daddy because we don’t come over for holidays or…

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What you don’t know about special needs parenting but probably should

This post has a very special purpose. It focuses solely on the challenges of being special needs parent. As special needs parents, we all know that the challenges are well worth it and there are many positive as well but the goal here is to help the rest of the world better understand what we go through as parents.  One of the toughest parts of being a special needs parent is trying to get others to understand even a small percentage of what daily life is like for families with special needs children. It doesn't matter if it's Autism, Downs Syndrome, ADHD, SPD or anything else. As a parent, your life is impacted in ways most can't even begin to understand. There's no such thing as a level playing field…

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EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS RELATIVE: If you’re a special needs parent, please read and share this

I want to be straight up and completely real here for a minute. Not that I do anything but that anyway. 😉 I love hearing from my readers, be it here or on Facebook, etc. Two of the things that I get asked quite a bit are the following. How in the world do I maintain my sanity? How do I not run out of patience with my kids and their challenging behavior? These questions are usually preempted by something like I only have one child with Autism or SPD or ADHD or Anxiety, and I struggle.     Something that's really important to understand is that every single situation is different. Everyone is facing unique challenges, and we all have different thresholds for things. I don't have any super powers…

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How You Could Help A Special Needs Parent

As the rates of Autism continues to skyrocket, the likely hood of you knowing someone that is a special needs parent is growing as well. Maybe you already know someone with a special needs child. Perhaps, a friend or family member. In this article, I hope to give you some simple ways that you can help the special needs parent in your life. Knowing what to say or do can be daunting for someone that doesn't have experience with special needs parenting. This is probably where many people, with the best of intentions, get scared off. Seeing what a special needs parent goes through can be a very overwhelming experience for anyone. It may even seem so dire that one might feel that they have nothing to offer, that could…

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I want to say thank you for judging me……..

It's so hard for people to understand what special needs families are faced with on a daily basis. I tried to put just some of the daily challenges and choices I have to make, into words. My hope is that this will help people to gain perspective. I'm blessed to have a very loving and supportive family, but not everyone does. The following is dedicated to all the special needs families in the world. If you were to walk into my house at any given time, you would find many things. Among them, the floor covered with toys and the kitchen with a sink full of dirty dishes. If you ventured into the basement, you would see a mountain of dirty laundry patiently waiting to be washed. Look around some…

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