Re:Visual Problems and Autism

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Haven thank you for your kind words. I'm not teaching in the school system

now....but I just had a 60 min round of a tantrum with my 4 year old daughter

and I'm on hour 8 today of supervising my Son-Rise program.....so very much

still teaching. I often think " wow how lucky that I had a mom with

problems....and wow how lucky that I taught in challenging schools. " It really

has prepped me to step out of the box and get creative and be resourceful in

finding answers for my family.

Yes I agree we are so lucky to have this forum. While autism is a new epidemic

and absolutely scary.... in many ways we are also prepped as women to handle

this. We have better communication and as women are better educated to

navigate. I often think " our parents could never have walked this walk. "

In any case it's here. How many mornings did I wake up thinking Oh my

god...this is real. I knew no one would come to help and so I put on my big

girl panties and cry, laugh, scream, and learn all I can. We're pioneers!

Love to the Mommies this Mother's Day!

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> you give great advice. Wow! Your story sounds like that of some of

> my former students! You are a survivor! You are inspiring.

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> I am always bolstered by those who have risen from adversity. So many of us

> have risen like the Phoenix from the ashes and reached " The American Dream "

> only to have it shattered by the financial realities of autism.

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> Do you still teach? If so, your students are so lucky to have you. I

> taught in the inner city for a number of years ---Oh..the sad stories I

> could tell, but the ones that remain in my heart are those kids who rose

> above their circumstances in the face of great adversity.

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> Life has made us all sisters of circumstance. How lucky we are to have this

> forum. I remember the days when there was no " Internet. " What if I had

> come home from that doctor's office in 2002, having heard all the " hopeless "

> mantras and had been unable to turn on the computer and start to find

> answers??? Without the Internet, I would have believed what happened to my

> son was a fluke and a rarity (that is until I started seeing all the other

> children affected in our vicinity), but I am so thankful we have this and

> can try to help one another.

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> Chrystal, remember that slow and steady wins the race. None of us can do

> everything, but anyone can do something. Take a deep breath and sit down

> and decide what one thing you would like to try, and go from there.

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