Dear Maximus, Happy Birthday! You have changed my life forever. Not only did you make me a mother but you made me the most determined mother to fight for you and create a vehicle to continue growing to advocate for others. You are more than you know and will be greater than what others expect. …
Category: autism
Marriage and Autism
The topic of marriage is always a discussion that leads to statistic rates and normally includes a discussion of divorce. I have written about divorce, autism and denial before and understand the reality that divorce is far too common among couples who have a child with autism or special needs child. I recently read in…
Trick or Treat
Tips and Tricks this Halloween Trick or Treating with small children with autism Have a child under 5 that is developmentally delayed or have a child with diagnosed autism? Here are my five tips and tricks for this Halloween when going trick or treating. Comfort and liking the costume First, the child must be comfortable…
Getting Approval… Medical Grant for Autism Services
I wanted to come back to this post about our Medical Grant from United Healthcare Children’s Foundation. I started the grant search process almost a year ago. We applied and were approved in September of 2016 and had a year to spend the $2,000. We didn’t need long to spend the money but it…
Summer Swim Safety
It’s summer time! Time to cool off in the pool. When you have kids with or without special needs, we all have those worries about drowning. There are always more concerns about children with autism that have a history or a tendency to wander. There are strict rules about enclosing pools but kids are very…
The Greener Grass
The grass is greener on the other side… the perspective and belief that what others have is better than your situation. How often you have these thoughts? Confession. I do have these thoughts in relation to my life. It most certainly always relates to my special needs child and our family. I don’t…
Sensory Friendly Movies
Saturday, I took the kids to see their first movie! We went to a sensory friendly movie at a Cobb Luxury Theater. It was full of experience for sure. I called to confirm about the sensory friendly environment after finding out from my ABA therapist. It was advertised to have lower volume, more light and…
Enjoy the Journey
I’ve been working on a big project for Ruthfulness and I was reviewing my summer from 2015! It was definitely a summer full of sun and fun. It was also a summer that had some very memorable experiences to add to my journey. Great decisions, good decisions and bad decisions all packaged up into one…
The Investment in Autism Treatment
I have read articles from other autism parents that describe the cost of care for their child. Some parents even joke that their child with autism is their million dollar child. That got me thinking about my own finances and my own child. I have for years maxed out our health insurance on doctors appointments…
Why do you get help…
…and my more medically complicated child gets none?! Over the last week or so, the questions and concerns have been made regarding assistance for children with autism that have complex medical needs. Why are some families qualifying and others not? What is the missing piece? The information that started the discussion was about Medicaid. Our…
Ruthfulness 