Posted on August 15th, 2011 by admin
Platitudes that make normal people feel better about there problems often just don’t apply to parenting a child with autism. #1 on that list is “This too shall pass.” Um, not really. I guess this is technically true since all things eventually pass. Maybe it should be “This too shall pass, when you’re dead” although that doesn’t exactly give one the warm and fuzzy feeling of the original. Tweet This Post
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Posted on January 20th, 2011 by admin
The post on Autism Murder Suicides continues to get comments. Sadly, Lucinda pretty much sums up what a lot of parents are thinking here …
As I am a single mother of a boy with autism I would never kill him. I do though think of killing myself. This is a black hole that one just cannot dig themselves out of, it is no way to live. Yes he has many talents and is good at them. Yes he has a future. Unfortunately he will alwqays need an aide, and who will step up and do that? Anyone who I can trust when I’m gone? The answer is no and there lies the doom and gloom. A constant state of doom and gloom of my reality takes hold and never lets you go. Do not make comments unless you are in the same position and live with this day in and day out for 16 years. After you do that, then comment away. Until then keep your trap shut!
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Posted on December 7th, 2010 by admin
I’ve blogged in the past about how autism magnifies issues in your life. Just as marriage problems, money problems, addiction problems are magnified and more dangerous, so too is depression. So too is depression during the holidays.
I’ve been struggling with this lately and feel like I am on the edge of depression. The holidays do not help. In our case, we have multiple sides of our families to see during Christmas. I feel like a jerk even thinking it, but at times I hate Christmas. If we had one Christmas on actual Christmas day, it might be different, but with multiple Christmases, I am just ready for it to be over by the time the real deal arrives.
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