It’s national autism awareness month. Living with autism for 23 years now, I’m more aware than I ever planned to be.
I’m aware of tattered vacations, destroyed objects, broken hearts and broken dreams under the siege of autism.
I’m aware of what is it like to watch your child be denied places in school, friends and even family relationships-not because any one is cruel-but because they “don’t know how” to help and I’m too caught up in surviving to teach them. [Read more…]