Kate Olson is a mother of 2 toddlers and lives in rural Wisconsin. She balances motherhood & working from home in a semi-functional fashion - you can read more about Kate on our contributors page. She blogs about education and lots of business/tech stuff at Kate Says . Want more? Read all of Kate’s posts!
I’m not a parent of children with Autism or Asperger’s but know many who are and really feel the need to share these 4 (of many, I’m sure) great blogs by parents who DO have children with these unique challenges.
As a teacher, I have had a lot of training about the “definition” of these disorders, but none of it gave me insight the way these women do. My children are really young and I truly have no idea what challenges and hurdles are going to be placed in my path - we’ve dealt with speech therapy already, but that’s the most of it and that was hard enough to go through without a community to go to for resources and advice.
I love how these women write with such complete honesty and welcome others into their experiences - as I’ve said many times before, parenting isn’t for the lonely. We all need people to vent to and share experiences with - these parents might need this even more.
These women and their blogs astonish me with their strength and honesty - check them out, stay a while………and pass them on.
Edited to add: Autism Sucks is a community and anyone willing and with a story is invited to write. In the sidebar of the site is a email link - email the blog owner and you can contribute! (See 1st comment here.)
Thank you, Kate. I am humbled. I also just want to let readers know that Autism Sucks is for ALL parents or caregivers who deal with autism. Anyone can write, we are a community. The email link is in the sidebar…don’t think you can’t write. If you have kids, you have a story.
T.
TLC@Send Chocolates last blog post..Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
Just added that part to the post - whoops! Can’t believe I left it off!
You rock.
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