Child Just Diagnosed With Autism? A Calm Guide to the First Few Months
Just received an autism diagnosis for your child? Here are gentle, practical next steps for services, school support, and looking after yourself.
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The Workplace Vs. Being a Special Needs Parent (and some other things that are irking me)
Yes, yes, I haven’t been blogging here for most of 2022. I have my reasons, and they’re just some of those pesky things that are currently irking me. The Online Autism Community One word. Toxic. It was my hope, in starting this blog, to start an online community for autistics and their family members. For…
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What Happens When My Autistic Son Isn’t Cute Anymore
“Jason… you’re not cute anymore, so just stop it!” My eldest to my youngest, almost every damn day of the week. I knew this day would come, and I have been dreading it. And when I say dreading, I really mean desperately trying not to think about it. Ignorance has been bliss, and I have…
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4 Ways To Deal With A Critical Family Without Sacrificing Your Sanity
Special Needs and Criticism From Family Members Aren’t families fun? :::insert sarcastic tone and eyeroll::: If you have a child with special needs chances are you have dealt with some type of criticism from one, or multiple, members of your family. How do you handle their negative comments and/or backhanded compliments and slights? It is…
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My 5 Favorite Instagram Accounts For Special Needs Parenting
I feel like I owe everyone an apology. I had wanted to have Happily Ever Autism launched and active in April. I was working hard on it. But, as life has a way of doing sometimes, life here turned into a full blown, no nonsense, who’s your daddy sh*t show in late February, and I’m…
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Who Happily Ever Autism is For
Happily Ever Autism.com Was Specifically Designed for YOU (and here’s why) After my child was diagnosed in 2009, I headed right on over to the internet to do what most moms in this situation would do, research. But when I did a web search on autism the dominant page seemed to be Autism Speaks. At…
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5 Things I Want To Help My Audience With
My blog exists to help parents of special needs children, particularly autism, to understand that their children are more than their diagnosis, and that an autism diagnosis isn’t the end of the world. I want to help moms in particular, because we are usually the primary caregivers, to understand that you are more than just…
