For parents trying to understand attention, rigidity, transitions, working memory, sensory needs, and the child who looks capable until the demand changes.
Imagine finally getting the courage to ask for help. You’ve watched the signs pile up, had the hard conversations with your pediatrician, and you’re ready, really ready, to get your child evaluated. Then you’re told the wait is six months. Twelve months. In some places, eighteen. Not for treatment. Not for services. Just for the…
Three kids, three completely different neurodivergent journeys, spanning elementary school all the way up through college, all under one roof at the same time. It’s bananas. Some days it feels like triage, standing in the middle of my own house trying to figure out who needs me first, because they’re all priorities, every single one…
We were always apprehensive about medication. With Carlos, our eldest, we didn’t choose to medicate until high school, when the subjects finally got complex enough that he needed the extra support to focus, remember, and process. But every special need journey is different, and with Coah, the conversation started at the young age of five….
There is a version of autism people think they know. The child who does not speak. The child who needs obvious support all day. The child whose disability is visible enough that nobody has to argue about it. And then there is the version that hides in plain sight. The bright child. The verbal child….
