Autism: Can your tone be effecting your child, even a happy tone?

First of all, as a parent having a child with autism, you will have to admit that we are continuously learning or this article is not meant for you.

 I would be lying to say that I have it all under control and downright in denial. Autism is complex and is always presenting new situations and challenges; therefore we build daily on new skills and use these skills to teach our children the best we know how, right?

What if our best is not the best? There is certainly no need to come down hard on ourselves considering we did our best! That is the answer I choose for I believe I am a really awesome mom but just in the last week I had a serious learning curve on a path where I thought I was doing it right.

Up until five days ago I really didn’t know what to do next, I was to the point I had to talk to someone but where would I start? My ego stepped in and I didn’t want to present that I am failing as a mother so I kept quiet and kept on with the “Everything’s fine” attitude. It was everything but fine and it took a good friend to call me on it. I was able to honestly admit to my friend Patricia McLean that I was losing control and didn’t know what step to take next.

New Email Address

I now have a new email address to go along with my new website, if you have any questions concerning my website or autism, feel free to contact me at
jerri255@autismbetween2worlds.com

Living between two worlds published!

I had a very successful week and I am proud to say that as of yesterday the site I created from the ground up dedicated to Autism Awareness was published. It has been quite a learning experience for me seeing I had never done anything like this before..I am excited to share it with my loyal followers and anyone who is interested in knowing more about Autism.


The site was designed to share information and to be able to navigate easily. Click here to go to "Between two Worlds" and be sure to share it with your friends..lets spread the word!


I want to  thank my family and friends for supporting me throughout this whole process, there were many days I sacrificed a day at the beach or a coffee date yet my friends never gave me a hard time over it.


Enjoy!

Autism--Better with age???

 Michael is now 7 years old and from my own personal experience it has been the best year yet. We all look for answers wondering if dealing with autism gets easier, again I would have to say that it depends on the individual. Michael has all the classic signs of autism but he has also had both IBI and ABA services available to him which has helped him immensely. Considering I am a stay at home mom I also have the time to help better his life skills.

Become a part of your child's class!

Just the other day I had the privilege to be part of Michael’s class! It was an incredible experience and I would recommend parents do this. How? First of all always read over the newsletter that comes home in order to know what is going on, there could be a book reading day where you along with other parents can go to your child’s class and read a story.