One year ago (Jan. 22, 2019) I wrote this poem after having a conversation with my friend (fellow Autism mom). It made me realize that Autism needs to be discussed more; the good and bad. It’s life, it’s our normal.
Autism
Anything but a walk in the park
Exhaustion is the “norm”
Days filled with leaps and bounds
Victories and defeats
Celebrations for social interactions & sensory tolerance
Tears for hard regressions
Tears for progress
Routines, Stims, PECS, ASL, Tablets, Therapy
Tools for daily living
Feelings of love and loneliness
The village of therapists, support groups, friends, and family
The loneliness of skipping certain activities and events (for the time being)
Wanting acceptance for the individual, not the diagnoses
Autism
Anything but a walk in the park
Autism is hard
Autism is tiresome
Autism
Opens the door to perspective
Advanced communication skills
New people
An unconditional love that’s truly like no other
Being aware, accepting and nonjudgmental
The celebrations
The love
Ten fold
Autism
Not for the faint hearted, but for the heart that knows no limit
Written by an Autism mom trying to give her son the best life and prepping the world for all things AJ.
Until next blog ❤ Suhay
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