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What it’s Like to be the Mother of an Autistic Child

My Friend Autism

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How to Deal With a Meltdown With Autistic People

I think another thing that I'm sure you can relate to from your stories and I can relate to is this idea of just constant chaos in our household. And these are all the things that people don't understand or experience. And we laugh at them because we've been through them. They're war stories in a way. It's kind of like I've got a surprise. My six-year-old was shampooing his hair twice in his lifetime. What can I do? His hair's going to be his hair. So he... Exactly. There's nothing I can do. Get in there, hold him down. He'll trigger me to have a meltdown. This is a classic

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