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How CALM Foundations Replaced Worry in Our Autism Home There was a season in our home where worry wasn’t just something I felt. It was how I lived. Every day felt like survival, autism parent anxiety and worry was constant. If you’re parenting a child with autism, you know exactly what I mean. You wake […]
Moving Out of Chaos With Autism Spectrum If your home feels like it’s always on the edge of falling apart — the meltdowns, the unpredictability, the exhaustion that follows you into the grocery store, the school pickup line, and every single transition of the day — I want you to know something first: you are […]
My Child Was Just Diagnosed with Autism The doctor’s words landed like a stone in still water. “Autism spectrum disorder.” I was a pharmacy technician working in a hospital inpatient pharmacy. I counted pills. I filled orders. I knew medications. I knew nothing — absolutely nothing — about autism. I had spent months searching […]
Long Days of Caring for a Child with Autism I looked in the mirror and didn’t like what I saw. Not the tired eyes — I’ve lived with those for years. Not the lines that weren’t there a decade ago. What stopped me cold was the corner of my eye, red in a way that […]
