Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Having a teen with Autism

Having a teen is hard. Having a teen with autism is a little bit harder. Normally you would expect that they start taking responsibility for things at age 9 and then you add responsibility.
In this case its impossible. Just getting him out of bed in the morning is hard work. Getting laundry down, having him get dressed without pointing out that he needs sock or a jacket or a hat or something is not something that I recommend, he would go to school mid winter in a t-shirt.

Every little thing that the rest of us takes for granted I have to double check. Usually its not done or only half´done.

Today has been a terrible day...took 5 and a half hours to get him to wake up and then he refused to go to school.

Still love him though.

I´m trying to get enough structure but its almost impossible with 2 teens and a 6 year old. They all need so much and want it NOW.
They change their minds all the time to.....

I´m so lucky I have wonderful people that understands and support me through this and most of all, gives me hope.

Its good to feel appreciated once in a while! Thank you.

And that special someone, without you there was no hope, no joy and few smiles. Now I´m dancing on sunshine all the time with stars sparkling in my eyes!

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