As expected the big birthday was filled with a variety of emotion. My own emotion began the day prior as I was flooded with sadness. A rare time for me when I am keenly aware of the challenges. More often than not, I am positive, hopeful, and extremely grateful. However, I am human and on [...]
Posts Tagged ‘anxiety’
something
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, aut, autism, birthdays, developmental disability, disabilities, emotional regulation, emotions, fear, happiness, sadness on June, 2, 2012 | 4 Comments »
waves
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, Eckhart Tolle, fear, presence on September, 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The challenges that arise with life seem to come in waves; sometimes the waves are smooth and with ease and other times the waves come in crashing and have the ability to suck you under. As I attempt to keep my head above the thrashing waters of college, work, children, financial difficulties, self discovery, and [...]
Transition objects
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, autism, pdd-nos, strategies, transitions on July, 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I thought it was be useful to document the amazement that I had when my girl went on an outing without her usual stack of books. This may seem like a minuscule event in the world of many people, but in our corner of the world it is one that warrants documenting. For as long as I [...]
anxiety=avoidance
Posted in autism, tagged anxiety, ASD, autism, coping, daughters, learning, life, love on October, 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Somewhere I heard that a person with Autism Spectrum Disorder walks into a socially demanding environment (school, work, public place) with as much anxiety as someone who was just in a minor car accident. The heart rate, the shaking, the overwhelming thoughts that rush the mind. And as typical people, the first thing we do [...]
she now watches…..
Posted in autism, tagged anxiety, autism, daughters, developmental disabilities, pdd-nos, success on July, 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In previous years a social gathering, such as a 4th of July party, would have sent her to the isolation of the basement with her large stack of books and a Nintendo. At this years gathering, I sat across the lawn and watched her observing people, one might say she was almost completely in tune [...]
sacred
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, autism, family, life on May, 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The fear that resides in my girl can be at times gut wrenching and humorous all at the same time. The latest phobia is germs and getting sick. If someone in the family is feeling bad, there is the immediate worry–not for the health of the person, but if she will get it. That unique [...]
choice…or not
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged advocating, anxiety, autism, motherhood on May, 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The word choice. 1. an act or instance of choosing; selection; 2.something that is preferred or preferable to others; the best part of something Lunch in high school is unstructured free time. To a typical person this is a time to decompress from the events of the morning, socialize with friends and enjoy some down time. For my girl, this [...]
imagine
Posted in autism, tagged anxiety, autism, pdd-nos, teaching on March, 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Imagine a world where people you know and work with set up your environment so that you never got upset. The places in the community that you couldn’t handle were avoided. The jobs you did were always the ones that you liked to do. You got to dictate your schedule, where you sat, who you sat with, how long you could work on [...]
changes
Posted in autism, family, kids, life, tagged anxiety, autism, changes, daughters, graduation, IEP, kids, life, moving, seizures on May, 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In the last week I have listed my house to be sold, found a new place that I love, enrolled in a month long class to obtain an additional job, began the process to determine if my son’s seizures are impacting his ability to learn, finalized the graduation party plans and decided my ‘day job’ [...]
looking ahead
Posted in autism, disability, family, kids, reflections, tagged anxiety, autism, daughters, disabilities, exercise, high school, life, raising kids, reflections, sons, worry on February, 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
As much as I attempt to stay present in the moment, I cannot help but to look ahead. I try to not have expectations of what may be ahead, but just wonder. I wonder how high school will be for my daughter. Will we have to start all over with the advocating, the begging, the [...]
