100. Lessons I have Learned Along our Journey
Aug 18, 2022It's a BIG DAY here at Not Your Average Autism Mom!
It's our 100th podcast episode and we are so proud of this huge milestone and so grateful for the work that we do and that we have the opportunity to improve the lives of families raising a child or children diagnosed with autism. We wouldn't be where we are today without our amazing followers and faithful listeners who come back week after week to listen, so to you, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart, and always know that while my goal is for you to learn something you didn't know and ways that you can make your life better, I want you to know, I appreciate you being here and I am grateful.
In this episode, I am going to take you through some of the things Jordan and I have experienced so far along our journey and more importantly what I learned that I hope might help you.
I vividly remember hearing those words, “kids like him” and I felt like my heart had been shattered into a million pieces.
Jordan learned quickly and his retention was impeccable. It was very apparent that he did not have a cognitive deficit but his expressive language and speech delays along with his social awkwardness were significant and noticeable.
He was non-compliant, he would spit, kick and throw books and literally just flip out with not a care in the world of the other kids in his class.
One of the things I really struggled with the most was everyone looking to ME, just me for the answers on how to make him behave. if you have felt like you are failing because you don’t know the answers, I promise you, you are not. We don’t know all the answers and honestly, a lot of times, our educators don’t have the answers either.
When I realized that I get to decide on purpose how I want to feel in any situation in my life and I embraced the chaos of what our life is some days, it made a world of difference in how I showed up not only for Jordan and Maddie but for myself. I was no longer consumed with all the reasons that my life was so hard and I was failing.
I am sharing with you the 3 biggest lessons that I learned in hopes that they will help you along your autism parenting journey.
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